Question follow-through · 86689
Witnesses: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of court cases that (a) did not progress and (b) were delayed due to the non-attendance of professional witnesses by the profession of those witnesses in Greate
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 30 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 5 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
30 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of court cases that (a) did not progress and (b) were delayed due to the non-attendance of professional witnesses by the profession of those witnesses in Greate
4 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
5 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of cases which did not progress or were delayed due to non-attendance of professional witnesses split by witness profession.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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