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
1 result
Clear
8 Recommendation Acknowledged
Seventh Report - The role of adul…
Review legal framework for custody time limits to prevent excessive pre-trial detention
Despite there being a legal framework in place that is intended to ensure that people who are detained are brought to trial as soon as possible, in practice a large proportion of the remand population is held beyond the custody … Read more
Government Response
The government accepted the recommendation in principle, but stated that current data on remand reasons is insufficient. It committed to monitoring and assessing data quality in the new Common Platform digital system to explore future data capture on remand decisions.
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