Question follow-through · 69228
Crown Court and Family Courts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help reduce the backlog in (a) crown and (b) family courts.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 1 Sept 2025 · 42 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to help reduce the backlog in (a) crown and (b) family courts.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Sept 2025
Answer published
This Government inherited a record and rising courts backlog. We have funded a record-high allocation of 110,000 Crown Court sitting days this financial year to deliver swifter justice for victims, 4,000 more than in 2024/25 under the previous Government....
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Intestacy
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