Question follow-through · 113093
Crown Court: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of either-way cases in the present Crown Court backlog that have yet to elect mode of trial.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 12 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 23 Feb 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of either-way cases in the present Crown Court backlog that have yet to elect mode of trial.
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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23 Feb 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice publishes information about cases in the open caseload at both the magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court. This includes breakdowns of volumes and durations as part of the Crown Court open caseload published as part of Criminal...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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