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Trials: Telford

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for a trial to be heard at Telford Magistrates' Court.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
2 Sept 2024
Target answer date
4 Sept 2024
Answer
9 Sept 2024 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is for a trial to be heard at Telford Magistrates' Court.

  2. 4 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 9 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    We do not publish a ‘waiting time’ measure for Magistrates’ courts. The Magistrates’ courts timeliness tool contains published estimates of timeliness from offence to case completion at the Magistrates’ courts. It is available down to Local Criminal Justi...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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