Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 115797

Remand in Custody

Tabled: 25 February 2026

Answered: 6 March 2026

Question

Yasmin Qureshi

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average length of time spent on remand in custody was in the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.

Answer

Jake Richards

Information relating to the time spent on custodial remand is not centrally held by the Ministry of Justice. To obtain the data to answer this question would involve a manual interrogation of court records which would result in a disproportionate cost to ...

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