United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101092
Magistrates' Courts
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17 December 2025
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6 January 2026 · Answer
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6 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of magistrates’ courts to handle additional triable-either-way cases.
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17 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the capacity of magistrates’ courts to handle additional triable-either-way cases.
Source: Commons
6 January 2026
Answer
The magistrates’ court is an effective and efficient jurisdiction – In the 12 months to September 2025 it disposed of 1,448,163 cases with an average timeliness (offence to case completion) for the most recent quarter of 191 days. The Government will ensu...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-17/101092
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1865242
- uk · wq-1865242 · source updated 6 January 2026