Question follow-through · 103027
Courts: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were adjourned due to lack of judicial availability in the last 12 months.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 5 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Democracy and constitution
- Prisoner Escorts: Contracts · 6 Mar 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were adjourned due to lack of judicial availability in the last 12 months.
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on trials that are ineffective due to a judge or magistrate not being available. An ineffective trial does not go ahead on the scheduled trial date, and a further listing is required. This information can be found on...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Prisoner Escorts: Contracts
6 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what (a) performance standards and (b) key performance indicators on the timeliness of prisoner arrivals at court are set out within the contract for Prisoner Escort and Custody Services.
Prisoner Escorts: Contracts
17 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer to written question 118611, what the policy rationale is for defining a delay under the Prisoner Escort and Custody Services (PECS) contracts, for the purposes of the relevant Contract Deli
Prisoner Escorts: Restraint Techniques
18 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when his Department plans to publish the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman's independent review into the use of restraints on pregnant women during hospital escorts between 2021 and 2025.
Prisoners' Release
10 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what consideration he has given to setting out the offences contained within the Schedule to The Sentencing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 6 and Revocation) Regulations 2026 in primary legislation.