Question follow-through · 6775
Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of tribunal cases.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 4 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 8 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 14 Oct 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of tribunal cases.
8 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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14 Oct 2024
Answer published
We are working to reduce the outstanding caseload in the First-tier Tribunal, the Upper Tribunal, the Employment Tribunal and the Employment Appeal Tribunal. Reducing outstanding caseloads is the key measure to bringing down the waiting times for tribunal...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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