Question follow-through · 57486
Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials have been fully adjourned due to contractors failing to deliver prisoners to trial in each region in 2025.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 4 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 13 Jun 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- County Courts · 13 Apr 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
4 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many trials have been fully adjourned due to contractors failing to deliver prisoners to trial in each region in 2025.
9 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Jun 2025
Answer published
We have interpreted your question to mean ineffective trials that do not start on their intended start date and need rescheduling. Trials can become ineffective for many reasons – due to the action or inaction of the parties or the courts. Delays or failu...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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County Courts
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds data on the outstanding caseload in the County Court in England and Wales.
County Courts: Standards
13 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department collects data on document handling errors or lost filings in County Court civil cases.