questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of criminal court cases in (a) Stoke-on-Trent and (b) Staffordshire.
answerText: Stoke-on-Trent and Stafford fall into the Staffordshire Local Criminal Justice Board. Whilst the outstanding caseload in both the magistrates’ court and the Crown Court is currently higher than in 2019, due to additional pressures faced by the courts duri...
heading: Courts: Staffordshire