Question follow-through · 11225
Courts: Lincolnshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of court cases in Lincolnshire.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 30 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of court cases in Lincolnshire.
30 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2024
Answer published
We have interpreted this question as in reference to the Crown Court outstanding caseload in Lincolnshire. We inherited a record and rising Crown Court backlog from the previous Government and we are committed to tackling it.We are pursuing a number of me...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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