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UIN 75969

Crown Court: Standards

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9 September 2025

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15 September 2025 · Answer

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15 September 2025

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for reducing the Crown Court backlog in absolute terms.

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  1. 9 September 2025

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what his planned timetable is for reducing the Crown Court backlog in absolute terms.

    Source: Commons

  2. 15 September 2025

    Answer

    This Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog. The last government promised to reduce the Crown Court backlog to 53,000 by March 2025. Instead, the backlog increased to 76,957 by March 2025. We have taken immediate action including funding ...

    Source: Written answer

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