Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mark Hendrick and Sarah Champion

Tuesday 16th May 2023 Commons Chamber

[Sir Mark Hendrick (Preston) (Lab/Co-op)]

1. What recent estimate he has made of the size of the backlog of criminal court cases in Preston constituency.

[Sarah Champion (Rotherham) (Lab)]

11. What steps he is taking to tackle court backlogs.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice (Mike Freer)]

The outstanding case load at Preston Crown court stood at 1,454 cases at the end of December 2022. We are taking action across the criminal justice system to bring the caseload down and improve waiting times for those who use our courts. We have ramped up the additional capacity, we have recently announced the continued use of 24 Nightingale courtrooms in this financial year, and we are investing a significant amount of funding in the criminal justice system.