Question follow-through · 48768
First-tier Tribunal
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the First-Tier Tribunal.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 7 May 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the First-Tier Tribunal.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
7 May 2025
Answer published
This Government inherited a broken justice system with record and rising court backlogs. The Lord Chancellor recently announced that for 2025-26, the Ministry of Justice will provide a total budget of £2,538 million.We have continued investment this year ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Legal Aid Scheme
30 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to resolve ongoing issues with accessing the legal aid portal.
Funerals
26 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to respond to the Law Commission’s consultation on New Funerary Methods.