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Written question asked by Yasmin Qureshi (Labour) on Thursday, 30 March 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 17 April 2023. It was answered by Mike Freer (Conservative) on Wednesday, 19 April 2023 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


Criminal Proceedings: Bolton

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the size of the backlog of criminal court cases in Bolton.

Answer

The number of outstanding cases at the magistrates’ courts and the Crown Court are routinely published as part of the National Statistics release Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly. The latest published data is available to December 2022 and can be found at the following link: Criminal court statistics quarterly: October to December 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). For Crown Court, figures are published specifically for Bolton. For magistrates’ courts, the Greater Manchester Local Justice Area is the closest match available.

The published data for the Crown Court are found here: Crown Court cases received, disposed and outstanding tool, and the published data for the magistrates’ court are found here: Magistrates' courts cases received, disposed and outstanding tool.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
177751
Session
2022-23
Subjects
Criminal proceedings Administrative delays Bolton
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk