Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 122978

Prisoner Escorts

Tabled: 23 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026

Question

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of court cases delayed in 2025 as a result of the failure of custody transport services to deliver the defendant at the correct time.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
Data on the number of trials declared ineffective due to the non-production of defendants can be found here: Criminal court statistics - GOV.UK (trial effectiveness at the criminal courts tool).In 2025, the non-production of defendants by the Prisoner Esc...

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