| Heading: |
Magistrates' Courts |
| Question ID: |
1815408 |
| UIN: |
61810 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-06-23 |
| Asking Member ID: |
4320 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Robert Jenrick
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| Asking Member handle: |
RobertJenrick
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@RobertJenrick
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many criminal trials in magistrates’ courts were delayed or adjourned due to (a) the late arrival of prison vans, (b) administrative errors and (c) the absence of an interpreter since July 2024. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-06-26 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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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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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of ineffective trials at the magistrates’ courts across England and Wales in the “Trial effective in the courts” data tool (latest to December 2024). This can be downloaded from the Criminal Court Stati... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |