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HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Complaints

Asked by Sarah OlneyLiberal DemocratMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 27 December 2024UIN 20689

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many stage (a) one and (b) two complaints were submitted to HM Courts and Tribunals Service in each year since 2015.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

HM Courts and Tribunals Service holds the following data on how many stage (a) one and (b) two complaints were submitted in each year since 2015. For context the annual HMCTS report published for the period 2015/16 states HMCTS handled over 3.98 million cases and the 2023/4 reports states HMCTS received over 4.1 million cases.

Year

First Contact (stage 1)

Review (stage 2)

2015

16,511

1,591

2016

17,253

1,768

2017

17,575

1,928

2018

19,484

2,387

2019

21,078

3,011

2020

18,444

2,223

2021

23,797

2,878

2022

28,195

3,580

2023

32,745

4,188

2024*

32,212

3,496

*Data for 2024 is for the period 1 January – 30 November inclusive.

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