Question follow-through · 9098
Crown Court: Opening Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an estimate of the cost of increasing the number of crown court sitting days beyond the original allocation.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 14 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 17 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 17 Oct 2024 · 3 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has made an estimate of the cost of increasing the number of crown court sitting days beyond the original allocation.
17 Oct 2024
Target answer date
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17 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 ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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