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Written question asked by Peter Kyle (Labour) on Monday, 28 September 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 30 September 2020. It was answered by Chris Philp (Conservative) on Tuesday, 6 October 2020 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Crown Court: Hove

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog of cases has been at Hove Trial Centre for (a) adult and (b) youth cases in each quarter since the first quarter of 2018.

Answer

It is not possible to separately identify the criminal caseload at Hove Trial Centre in the data that is centrally collated by the Ministry of Justice. Hove is a satellite of Lewes Crown Court and as such it does not have its own caseload.

A table detailing the volume of outstanding cases at Lewes Crown Court by adult and youth from Q1 2018 to Q2 2020 (latest published) can be found below:

Table 1: Outstanding1 cases in the Lewes Crown Court, quarterly Q1 2018 - Q2 2020

All Cases

Year

Quarter

Total

18 and over

Under 18

2018

Q1

965

949

16

Q2

908

891

17

Q3

773

766

7

Q4

583

576

7

2019

Q1

564

558

6

Q2

529

522

7

Q3

521

519

2

Q4

554

550

4

2020

Q1

596

585

11

Q2

643

634

9

1)Outstanding cases excludes cases that have a live bench warrant issued on the case, at the end of the period. The number of cases outstanding at the end of each period will not be equal to the sum of cases outstanding at the start of the period and those received during the period, minus cases disposed due to the exclusion of cases that have a live bench warrant issued on the case.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
96138
Session
2019-21
Subjects
Criminal proceedings Crown Court Hove
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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