Question follow-through · 8581
Crown Court: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to increase Crown Court capacity in Kent.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 18 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to increase Crown Court capacity in Kent.
14 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Oct 2024
Answer published
The Crown Court outstanding caseload remains one of the biggest challenges facing the Criminal Justice System. The caseload has risen in recent years as a result of the pandemic and an increase in cases coming before the criminal courts.To address this, w...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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