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Written question asked by Alex Chalk (Conservative) on Monday, 27 January 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 29 January 2020. It was answered by Lucy Frazer (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 February 2020 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Prisoner Escorts: Standards

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to collate data on the number of court days lost as a result of prisoners not being produced in court by companies operating prisoner escort contracts.

Answer

HMCTS does record data on the number of trials that are ineffective in both Crown and Magistrate’s Courts as a result of a defendant not being produced by prisoner escort custody services. These statistics are published in Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly publication on gov.uk and the latest data is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2019

There is currently no requirement or plans for HMCTS to collate data on the number of court days lost as a result of prisoners not being produced in court by companies operating prisoner escort contracts.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
8374
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Courts Standards Prisoner escorts
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk