Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 113912

Crown Court: Trials

Tabled: 20 February 2026

Answered: 2 March 2026

Question

Kim Johnson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of cases in the Crown Court backlog are either way cases that would be no longer eligible for jury trial under proposed reforms.

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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