Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 15263

Crown Court: Standards

Tabled: 2 July 2026

Answered: 8 July 2026

Named Day

Question

Gareth Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reclassification of certain offences to summary only on reducing the backlog in the Crown Courts.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

Part 1 of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts considered the potential impact of reclassifying certain triable either way offences as summary only offences. Sir Brian Leveson’s analysis indicated that reclassification, together with restricting ...

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