Crown Court: Trials
Commons · Question 113914 · Tabled 20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Kim Johnson
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the Crown Court backlog comprises the cohort of up to three years’ imprisonment cases and would go before a Judge only court under proposed reforms.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 2 Mar 2026
The Ministry of Justice publishes information about cases in the open caseload at both the magistrates’ courts and at the Crown Court. This includes breakdowns of volumes and durations as part of the Crown Court open caseload published as part of Criminal...