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Law Reporting: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the total cost to the public purse of accessing court transcripts for each of the last five years.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
6 Feb 2025
Target answer date
10 Feb 2025
Answer
17 Feb 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the total cost to the public purse of accessing court transcripts for each of the last five years.

  2. 10 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The cost incurred by HM Courts and Tribunals Service for transcription services in the five most recent financial years (April – March) is as below:Financial YearTotal Spend (£)2019-201,252,2012020-21939,3092021-221,258,3532022-231,104,6672023-241,043,971...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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