Question follow-through · 42702
Courts: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to target additional judicial resources toward court settings which are at capacity in Greater Manchester.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 31 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 Apr 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
31 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to target additional judicial resources toward court settings which are at capacity in Greater Manchester.
2 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Apr 2025
Answer published
We are continuing to invest in judicial recruitment nationally, across all jurisdictions, with plans to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members in 2025-26; and around 2,000 magistrates in 2025-26, and annually thereafter. Following recruitment, re...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Special Educational Needs: Appeals
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13 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to protect women and girls from violent offenders who have been released.
Probation: Monitoring
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure improved monitoring of serious offenders post-release by the probation service.
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20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve probation services.
Victim Support Schemes: Women
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to help support female victims within the courts system.
Reoffenders: Crimes of Violence
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his taking to help reduce violent reoffending.
Probation: Voluntary Organisations
14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the participation of the voluntary sector to assist with the probation service.
Probation: Voluntary Organisations
14 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential for a role for the voluntary sector in helping support the Probation Service during the period after release.
Prisoner Escorts: Greater Manchester
7 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that prisoners are delivered on time to Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.
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