Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 113914

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 the Crown Court backlog comprises the cohort of up to three years’ imprisonment cases and would go before a Judge only court 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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