Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 75122

Offenders: Rehabilitation

Tabled: 4 September 2025

Answered: 9 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration her Department has given to the potential merits of increasing the use of (a) diversion schemes based on (i) deferred prosecution agreements and (ii) referral orders and (b) other diversion sch

Answer

Sarah Sackman

This Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog. As of December 2024, the Crown Court outstanding caseload was over 74,000. As of March 2025, the caseload continued to increase, with a new series peak of 76,957. It is clear that fundamental r...

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