Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 8507
Crown Court: Finance
Tabled: 10 October 2024
Answered: 18 October 2024
Question
Mark Ferguson
Labour — Gateshead Central and Whickham
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department takes to determine the level of funding required to facilitate an adequate number of crown court sitting days in each financial year.
Answer
Heidi AlexanderEvery year, the Government and the Judiciary agree a number of sitting days and an overall budget in what is known as the Concordat process.In June, the Judiciary reached an agreement with the former Lord Chancellor to sit 106,000 days in the Crown Court ...
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