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
Clear

Recommendations

1 results
4 Not Addressed
We remain unconvinced that the prison system will cope with the likely increase in prisoners...
Recommendation
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 Summary
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
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 Summary
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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