questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate her Department has the backlog in Crown Court cases in (a) 2024-25 and (b) each of the next three financial years.
answerText: This Government inherited a record and rising Crown Court backlog. The outstanding caseload remains one of the biggest challenges facing the criminal justice system and stood at 73,105 as of 30 September 2024. Even if we were to sit at maximum capacity in...
heading: Crown Court: Standards