| Heading: |
Trials: Standards |
| Question ID: |
1796195 |
| UIN: |
47355 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-04-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4860 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Dr Kieran Mullan
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Dr Kieran Mullan
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce the frequency of ineffective trials that occur as a result of (a) witness and (b) defendant unavailability. |
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false |
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| Date answered: |
2025-05-01 |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5204 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answer text: |
Official Statistics (Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly) show that in 2024, of the 31,158 trials in the Crown Courts, 665 trials were ineffective due to witness unavailability and 1,637 trials were ineffective due to defendant unavailability. These figur... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |