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Criminal Proceedings: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help ensure that victims of crime do not wait more than a year for cases to reach trial.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
6 Sept 2024
Target answer date
10 Sept 2024
Answer
16 Sept 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Sept 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help ensure that victims of crime do not wait more than a year for cases to reach trial.

  2. 10 Sept 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 16 Sept 2024

    Answer published

    We want to make sure every victim has the swift access to justice they deserve, and we are committed to reducing the Crown Court caseload and bringing waiting times down.To ensure we are hearing as many cases as possible, we plan to sit at least 105,000 w...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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