Reducing the backlog in criminal courts

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 21 Sep 2021 Closed: 27 May 2022 Parliament page
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated a growing backlog of cases waiting to be tried in the criminal courts system. During the first national lockdown, HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) closed some court buildings, and suspended all jury trials. Since then, courts have reopened, but national guidelines for social distancing … Read more
5 Recommendations
18 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
2 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 6 events
23 Sep
2022
Correspondence
27 May
2022
Report published
9 Mar
2022
Report published
7 Feb
2022
Correspondence
13 Dec
2021
Oral evidence
13 Dec
2021
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Grimond Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
13 Dec 2021
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Reducing the backlog in criminal courts
Andrew Baigent · HM Courts and Tribunals Service Antonia Romeo · Ministry of Justice Jerome Glass · Ministry of Justice
Title HC No. Published Items Response
Forty-Third Report - Reducing the backlog in criminal courts HC 643 9 Mar 2022 23 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
2 results
Clear
4 Recommendation Not Addressed
Forty-Third Report - Reducing the …
We remain unconvinced that the prison system will cope with the likely increase in prisoners...
We remain unconvinced that the prison system will cope with the likely increase in prisoners given the planned increase in police officers and the Department’s work to reduce the backlog in criminal courts. In October 2019 the government announced it … Read more
Government Response
This response is for a different recommendation about waiting times for elective and cancer treatment, and does not address the prison place shortfall concern.
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1 Conclusion Not Addressed
Forty-Third Report - Reducing the …
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence...
On the basis of a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General, we took evidence from the Ministry of Justice (the Department) and Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service about the backlog in the criminal courts.1
Government Response
Acknowledges the report and its date. This is a procedural note rather than a response to the substance of the conclusion.
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Government Response AI assessment · 23 of 5 classified
Accepted 10
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 6
Deferred 4
Not Addressed 2
Total 5 recs + 18 conclusions
Correspondence 2 letters
23 Sep 2022 Correspondence from Antonia Romeo, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Justice, re response to the PAC Committee – Reducing the backlogs in criminal courts, dated 7 September 2022
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7 Feb 2022 Correspondence from Jerome Glass, Director General, Policy and Strategy Group, Ministry of Justice, re Individuals released under investigation for RASSO Crimes, dated 2 February 2022
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