Question follow-through · 84253
Domestic Abuse: Crown Court
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his department is taking to reduce delays in listing Crown Court cases involving serious domestic violence.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 31 Oct 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his department is taking to reduce delays in listing Crown Court cases involving serious domestic violence.
27 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
31 Oct 2025
Answer published
This Government is committed to improving victims’ experience of the justice system. We have funded a record-high allocation of 111,250 Crown Court sitting days to tackle the outstanding caseload, but we need to go further.This is why we commissioned Sir ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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