Law Reporting: Magistrates' Courts
Commons · Question 112286 · Tabled 10 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure timely and accurate access to magistrates court listings and registers for the public and media following the deletion of the Courtsdesk archive.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 27 Feb 2026
The starting point is there has been no deletion of the Courtsdesk “archive”.Magistrates’ court listing and registers data continues to be available online, by email, in courts, and over the phone.Work is underway to improve the way in which Magistrates a...