Question follow-through · 127815
Courts: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in each of the last 3 years, how many instances of delayed hearings and trials have been caused by the CPS giving insufficient time for the defence to consider evidence shared as part of disclosure.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 20 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 23 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
16 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in each of the last 3 years, how many instances of delayed hearings and trials have been caused by the CPS giving insufficient time for the defence to consider evidence shared as part of disclosure.
20 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Apr 2026
Answer published
The specific information requested is not held. However, data on trials that have been ineffective due to the prosecution failing to disclose unused evidence is published quarterly in the Criminal Courts Accredited Official Statistics. The latest availabl...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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