Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 80451

Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions

Tabled: 10 October 2025
Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to improve the process for (a) selecting and (b) prioritising cases from the daily court lists to ensure that cases involving people charged with breaching bail conditions in v

Answer

Sarah Sackman
Listing and case management decisions are made by the judiciary in collaboration with court listing officers, who prioritise cases involving vulnerable witnesses. The judiciary prioritise cases in line with the Criminal Practice Directions which set out t...

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