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Commons · Question 41447 · Tabled 26 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 3 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Munira Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of court hearing records that were (a) lost and (b) not recorded in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) 5 years.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 3 Apr 2025

Data on information on audio recording failures is not collated or held centrally. Hearings across the Crown Court, Family Court, County Court, High Court, and Court of Appeal, as a matter of routine, are digitally audio recorded, among other things so as...