Question follow-through · 109436
Criminal Proceedings: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest waiting time was for a case to be heard in a criminal court in England and Wales once referred, as of the most recent data available.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 6 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the longest waiting time was for a case to be heard in a criminal court in England and Wales once referred, as of the most recent data available.
2 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 Feb 2026
Answer published
We have interpreted your question to be asking for information on the longest time a case has taken to have its first hearing at a criminal court from the point of crime referral.The Ministry of Justice does not hold data regarding timeliness from the dat...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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