Question follow-through · 88448
Courts: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts in the North East.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 11 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 17 Nov 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle backlogs in the courts in the North East.
11 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Nov 2025
Answer published
The Government is committed to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of the court system. This is being delivered through a combination of increased funding and improving efficiency. In the North East, specifically, the Government is taking the foll...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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