Question follow-through · 101500
Prisoners on Remand: Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of court backlogs on health outcomes for prisoners held on remand.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 5 Jan 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
- Magistrates: Retirement · 1 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of court backlogs on health outcomes for prisoners held on remand.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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5 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Government inherited a justice system in crisis, with a record and rising open caseload of nearly 80,000 criminal cases waiting to be heard in the Crown Court and too many victims waiting years for justice. That is why the Government commissioned Sir ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Magistrates: Retirement
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the compulsory retirement age on the retention of experienced magistrates, and whether Ministers have considered alternatives such as regular competency as
Prisoners' Release
1 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that people convicted of (a) rape, (b) child sexual abuse and (c) offences relating to the grooming of children are exempt from an early release scheme.