Criminal Proceedings: Standards
Commons · Question 6653 · Tabled 3 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by James McMurdock
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal trials were ineffective due to overlisting in each of the past five years.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 19 Jun 2026
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on trial effectiveness in the Criminal Court Statistics release in the ‘Trial effectiveness at the criminal courts tool’. This tool contains data on both the magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court and covers the per...