Question follow-through · 122978
Prisoner Escorts
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of court cases delayed in 2025 as a result of the failure of custody transport services to deliver the defendant at the correct time.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 23 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 25 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 30 Mar 2026 · 7 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
23 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of court cases delayed in 2025 as a result of the failure of custody transport services to deliver the defendant at the correct time.
25 Mar 2026
Target answer date
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30 Mar 2026
Answer published
Data on the number of trials declared ineffective due to the non-production of defendants can be found here: Criminal court statistics - GOV.UK (trial effectiveness at the criminal courts tool).In 2025, the non-production of defendants by the Prisoner Esc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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