Question follow-through · 75472
Judiciary: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown Court sitting days were lost due to a shortage of (a) judges and (b) recorders in the last 12 months.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 9 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 15 Sept 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Crown Court sitting days were lost due to a shortage of (a) judges and (b) recorders in the last 12 months.
9 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Sept 2025
Answer published
Data on timeliness and ineffective trials (including judge/magistrate availability) at the criminal courts is available here: Criminal court statistics quarterly: January to March 2025 - GOV.UK. There is no evidence to suggest that judicial vacancies have...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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