United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 47356
Trials: Standards
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23 April 2025
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1 May 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for which the number of cases that have been declared ineffective as a result of poor case preparation has increased since 2021; and what steps she is taking to help
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23 April 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for which the number of cases that have been declared ineffective as a result of poor case preparation has increased since 2021; and what steps she is taking to help
Source: Commons
1 May 2025
Answer
Official Statistics (Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly) show that in 2024, of the 31,158 trials in the Crown Courts, 665 trials were ineffective due to witness unavailability and 1,637 trials were ineffective due to defendant unavailability. These figur...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-04-23/47356
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1796196
- uk · wq-1796196 · source updated 1 May 2025