Question follow-through · 68549
Courts: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to utilise all court sitting days made available by the Lady Chief Justice in the (a) 2026–27, (b) 2027–28 and (c) 2028–29 financial years.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 21 Jul 2025
- Answer
- 25 Jul 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to utilise all court sitting days made available by the Lady Chief Justice in the (a) 2026–27, (b) 2027–28 and (c) 2028–29 financial years.
21 Jul 2025
Target answer date
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25 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Lord Chancellor will begin the Concordat process with the judiciary in due course, and this is how sitting days will be allocated. The Lord Chancellor has been clear she is committed to tackling the outstanding caseload, but the number of sitting days...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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