Question follow-through · 41447
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of court hearing records that were (a) lost and (b) not recorded in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) 5 years.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 28 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 3 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of court hearing records that were (a) lost and (b) not recorded in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) 5 years.
28 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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3 Apr 2025
Answer published
Data on information on audio recording failures is not collated or held centrally. Hearings across the Crown Court, Family Court, County Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal, as a matter of routine, are digitally audio recorded, among other things so as...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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