The role of adult custodial remand in the criminal justice system

Justice Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 4 Mar 2022 Closed: 14 Sep 2023 Parliament page
This inquiry sought to understand why the number of people on remand has increased since Covid, whether remand to custody is fit for purpose and being appropriately applied, and what effect custodial remand has on the prison population. Read the call for evidence to find out more about the inquiry .
15 Recommendations
13 Conclusions
1 Report
3 Events
Activity timeline 5 events
31 Mar
2023
Report published
17 Jan
2023
Report published
25 Oct
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
12 Jul
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
5 Jul
2022
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · Room 15, Palace of Westminster
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Seventh Report - The role of adult custodial remand in the crim… HC 264 17 Jan 2023 28 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
26 Conclusion Accepted in Part
Seventh Report - The role of adul…
Video links' convenience must not compromise defendant access to justice in key hearings.
We recognise that for routine hearings there is a benefit of using video links from prison so a remanded defendant does not have to experience frequent disruption going to and from court. However, the convenience of video technology must not … Read more
Government Response
The MoJ will consider what research might be undertaken to provide assurance that the use of remote technologies such as video links does not have any undue adverse impacts on remand hearings and on the rate of custodial remand.
Ministry of Justice
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28 Recommendation Accepted in Part
Seventh Report - The role of adul…
Publish comprehensive quarterly data on remanded defendants, including bail refusals and demographics.
It is only on the basis of good quality data in respect of the use of custodial remand that there can be effective policy-making. More data needs to be collected and published on remanded defendants, particularly in relation to the … Read more
Government Response
The government partially accepts the recommendation, rejecting a new dedicated quarterly publication for remand data but committing to improving existing publications. They will add a new table on remand prison population by ethnicity to the Offender Management Statistics and will consider the Centre for Public Data's recommendations when published.
Ministry of Justice
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Government Response AI assessment · 28 of 15 classified
Accepted 4
Accepted in Part 2
Acknowledged 1
Deferred 18
Rejected 3
Total 15 recs + 13 conclusions