Monica Harding MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

Crown Court: Opening HoursMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83680More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has had discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the provision of funding to increase the number of Crown Court sitting days.
Answer: Operational capacity in the criminal courts does not refer solely to judicial sitting days. Consideration of court capacity necessarily includes consideration of capacity in terms of numbers of advocates, defence and prosecution, legal advisors and other ...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
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Crown Court: Opening HoursMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of Crown Court cases that were not heard as a result of the cap on sitting days for each month for which data is available.
Answer: Operational capacity in the criminal courts does not refer solely to judicial sitting days. Consideration of court capacity necessarily includes consideration of capacity in terms of numbers of advocates, defence and prosecution, legal advisors and other ...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
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Crown Court: Opening HoursMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of holding 111,250 Crown Court sitting days in the 2025-26 financial year on the criminal case backlog.
Answer: Operational capacity in the criminal courts does not refer solely to judicial sitting days. Consideration of court capacity necessarily includes consideration of capacity in terms of numbers of advocates, defence and prosecution, legal advisors and other ...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
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Crown Court: Opening HoursMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 83677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an assessment of the reasons for which the number of Crown Court sitting days has been below the maximum operational capacity forecast by HM Courts and Tribunals Service since September 2024.
Answer: Operational capacity in the criminal courts does not refer solely to judicial sitting days. Consideration of court capacity necessarily includes consideration of capacity in terms of numbers of advocates, defence and prosecution, legal advisors and other ...
Answered 28 Oct 2025
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Cabinet Office	2
Department for Business and Trade	2
Department for Culture, Media and Sport	3
Department for Education	3
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	1
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	4
Department for Work and Pensions	2
Department of Health and Social Care	2
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	27
Home Office	1
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	6
Ministry of Justice	4
Treasury	2

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