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Crown Court

Commons · Question 3508 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 12 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courtrooms in crown courts were not sitting on each day in the past month.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 12 Jun 2026

The Crown Court operates from 84 buildings across England and Wales, with a core estate of over 500 courtrooms. The table below outlines the number of courtrooms in the Crown Court that were not sitting each day in April 2026. To contextualise these figur...