Question follow-through · 116821
Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases due to be affected by the decision to allow pending cases to be tried by a judge alone.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 2 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 11 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases due to be affected by the decision to allow pending cases to be tried by a judge alone.
4 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice has published information about the impacts of the IRCC measures in the Courts and Tribunals Bill, in the IRCC Impact Assessment (Courts and Tribunals Bill (Structural Criminal Court) Impact Assessment). This includes the impacts o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prisoners: Mental Health Services
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Prisoners: Self-harm
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Prisons: Self-harm
15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to reduce self-harm in prison.
Sentencing
15 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to conduct a re-sentencing exercise for all IPP-sentenced prisoners.