Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 75819

Trials: Wiltshire

Tabled: 8 September 2025
Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Sarah Gibson

Liberal DemocratChippenham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of staff shortages in His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service on delays to criminal trials in Wiltshire.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
Staffing allocations are in line with current workload across the courts in Wiltshire, although recruitment can be an issue, particularly in Swindon where the competition in the job market is high. That said, administrative staff at both the Crown Court a...

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