Question follow-through · 8690

Crown Court: Opening Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the process to determine the number of sitting days in the Crown Court in each financial year.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
11 Oct 2024
Target answer date
15 Oct 2024
Answer
23 Oct 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 11 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the process to determine the number of sitting days in the Crown Court in each financial year.

  2. 15 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 23 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    Every year, the Government and the Judiciary agree a number of sitting days and an overall budget in what is known as the Concordat process.In June, the judiciary reached an agreement with the former Lord Chancellor to sit 106,000 days in the Crown Court ...

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