Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 5955

Magistrates' Courts

Tabled: 4 October 2024

Answered: 14 October 2024

Question

Andy Slaughter

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will publish a breakdown of the magistrates' court backlog showing the number of (a) Single Justice Procedure cases and (b) cases that have to go to a hearing.

Answer

Heidi Alexander

In June and September 2024, the Ministry of Justice made the decision to cancel publication of the quarterly Official Accredited statistics on the criminal courts, following concerns about the quality of criminal court performance data.That initial work h...

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