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Crown Court: Standards

Asked by Dr Neil Shastri-HurstConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 15 January 2026UIN 103026

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the outstanding caseload is in the Crown Court, broken down by offence category and region.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the Crown Court open caseload on a quarterly basis in the Criminal Court Statistics publication. The latest available data covers the period up to September 2025 and this can be broken down by offence category and region using the Crown Court receipts, disposals and open cases tool.

Criminal court statistics quarterly: July to September 2025 - GOV.UK

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