Question follow-through · 109983
Courts: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court days were lost in 2025 due to the unavailability of courtrooms as a result of building failures by a) crown court, b) magistrates court and c) family court.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 11 Feb 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court days were lost in 2025 due to the unavailability of courtrooms as a result of building failures by a) crown court, b) magistrates court and c) family court.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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11 Feb 2026
Answer published
The number of court days lost due to building failures in the last full financial year (2024/25) is as follows:Crown Court – 258 daysMagistrates’ Court – 36 daysFamily Court – 2 daysTo put this into context, over the same period we sat over 107,000 days i...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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