Courts: North East
Commons · Question 71313 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 8 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Matt Vickers
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of court backlogs in the North East.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 8 Sep 2025
For criminal courts, despite a brief fall at the end of 2024, the open caseload at the Crown court in the North East has steadily increased since 2022, with 10,678 open cases at the end of March 2025.For this financial year (25/26), this Government is fun...