Question follow-through · 19083
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date she signed the concordat on court sitting days.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 12 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Prisoners on Remand · 11 Dec 2024
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- Crime Prevention · 11 Dec 2024
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- Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging · 16 Dec 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date she signed the concordat on court sitting days.
12 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2024
Answer published
The former Lord Chancellor reached an agreement with the judiciary on the Concordat in June 2024. The former Lord Chancellor sent the initial Concordat proposal to the Lady Chief Justice and the Senior President of the Tribunals on 5th June. The Lady Chie...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prisoners on Remand
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Prisoners on Remand
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Crime Prevention
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Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question HL2063 on Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging, how many visits for tag installation for SDS40 releases did not result in the offender being tagged.
Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question HL2063 on Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging, for what reason all SDS40 releases were not tagged before leaving prison.
Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question HL2063 on Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging, how many SDS40 prisoners requiring electronic tags were released without those tags; and what the average n
Prisoners' Release
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of offenders released from prison under the standard determinate sentence (SDS40) release scheme were (a) released in error and (b) subsequently recalled since September 2024.
Prisoners' Release: Electronic Tagging
16 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders released under the standard determinate sentence (SDS40) release scheme have re-offended since September 2024; and how many were not tagged when re-offending despite it being a condition of the
Prisoners' Release: Reoffenders
19 Dec 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the (a) recall and (b) reoffending rates are for offenders who have been released under the SDS40 scheme since September 2024.
Alcoholic Drinks: Crime
15 Jan 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many delays there have been in fitting sobriety tags longer than (a) one, (b) seven, (c) 14 and (d) 28 days in each of the last 12 months.
Prisoner Escorts
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to support prisoner transport services in ensuring prisoners are able to get to court in time for their trial.
Trials: Standards
23 Apr 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials were deemed ineffective because of (a) witness and (b) defendant unavailability in 2024.