| Heading: |
Crown Court and Family Courts: Standards |
| Question ID: |
1825383 |
| UIN: |
69228 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-07-21 |
| Asking Member ID: |
221 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dan Norris
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Dan Norris
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help reduce the backlog in (a) crown and (b) family courts. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-09-01 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5204 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answer text: |
This Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog. We have funded a record-high allocation of 110,000 Crown Court sitting days this financial year to deliver swifter justice for victims, 4,000 more than in 2024/25 under the previous Government.... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |