Forty-Third Report - Reducing the backlog in criminal courts

Select Committee
Public Accounts Committee HC 643 9 March 2022
Report Status Government responded
Conclusions & Recommendations 23 items (5 recs)
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Government Response (AI assessment · 23 of 23 classified)
Accepted 10
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 6
Deferred 4
Not Addressed 2
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Recommendations

1 results
3 Accepted in Part
We are not convinced that the Department can recruit enough judges to deliver on its...
Recommendation
We are not convinced that the Department can recruit enough judges to deliver on its ambition to reduce the Crown Court backlog. Reducing the backlog to 53,000 by March 2025 relies on increasing the number of days that the Crown … Read more
Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendation. They have increased the pool of fee paid judges and are taking action on remuneration and adjusting their recruitment approach. Recruitment for 70 Circuit Judges and 125 Recorders commences in 2022, and shortfalls will be mitigated by increasing Recorder recruitment and sittings, approving District Judges to sit in the Crown Court, and approving Circuit Judges to sit in retirement.
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