Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 113014

Crown Court: Trials

Tabled: 11 February 2026

Answered: 23 February 2026

Question

Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the proportion of cases in the backlog are still pending the decision of the defendant to elect mode of trial.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

The Ministry of Justice publishes information about cases in the open caseload at both the magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court. This includes breakdowns of volumes and durations as part of the Crown Court open caseload published as part of Criminal...

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