Question follow-through · 47383
Judges: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase the number of judges to help reduce the backlog of court cases.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 23 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 25 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
23 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase the number of judges to help reduce the backlog of court cases.
25 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 May 2025
Answer published
We are continuing to invest in high volume, regular judicial recruitment of around 1000 judges and tribunal members each year.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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