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Commons · Question 17041 · Tabled 29 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 16 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the unit of measurement for court funding to judicial working days from sitting days.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 16 Dec 2024

The funding of HM Courts and Tribunals Service is agreed annually between the Lord Chancellor and the Lady Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals, via the Concordat process. Sitting days are an important metric used in this process, because they ...