Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 101500

Prisoners on Remand: Health

Tabled: 18 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026

Question

Sarah Green

Liberal DemocratChesham and Amersham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of court backlogs on health outcomes for prisoners held on remand.

Answer

Jake Richards
The Government inherited a justice system in crisis, with a record and rising open caseload of nearly 80,000 criminal cases waiting to be heard in the Crown Court and too many victims waiting years for justice. That is why the Government commissioned Sir ...

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