United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 78371
Magistrates' Courts: Greater Manchester
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10 October 2025
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20 October 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of magistrate court capacity in Greater Manchester.
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10 October 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of magistrate court capacity in Greater Manchester.
Source: Commons
20 October 2025
Answer
The Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog in the Crown Court. The impacts of a historic lack of investment in the criminal justice system and increased demand, due to more arrests and charging practices, means there is now also additiona...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-10-10/78371
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1836731
- uk · wq-1836731 · source updated 20 October 2025