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Courts: Essex

Commons · Question 116404 · Tabled 26 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 5 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the current number of court cases awaiting hearings in (a) Essex and (b) Basildon.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 5 Mar 2026

The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of open criminal cases at the Crown Court for Essex in the ‘Crown Court receipts, disposals and open cases tool’ and for the magistrates’ courts in the ‘Magistrates’ courts receipts, disposals an...