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Crown Court: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans her Department has to increase the number of daily sitting hours by Crown Court judges.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
23 Oct 2024
Target answer date
28 Oct 2024
Answer
31 Oct 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Oct 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans her Department has to increase the number of daily sitting hours by Crown Court judges.

  2. 28 Oct 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Oct 2024

    Answer published

    There are no current plans to extend the standard sitting hours of the Crown Court.The Lord Chancellor has a statutory duty to ensure there is an effective and efficient system to support the carrying on of the businesses of the courts, and that appropria...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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