Prisoner Escorts
Commons · Question 122978 · Tabled 23 Mar 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Question
Asked by Clive Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of court cases delayed in 2025 as a result of the failure of custody transport services to deliver the defendant at the correct time.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 30 Mar 2026
Data on the number of trials declared ineffective due to the non-production of defendants can be found here: Criminal court statistics - GOV.UK (trial effectiveness at the criminal courts tool).In 2025, the non-production of defendants by the Prisoner Esc...