Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases were adjourned due to lack of judicial availability in the last 12 months.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on trials that are ineffective due to a judge or magistrate not being available.

An ineffective trial does not go ahead on the scheduled trial date, and a further listing is required.

This information can be found on a quarterly basis using the ‘Trial effectiveness at the criminal courts tool’ and filtering the reason to ‘23. Ineffective reason: Judge/magistrate availability’ at the link below: Criminal court statistics quarterly: July to September 2025 - GOV.UK

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

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 - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

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

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what advice his Department has received from the UK Health Security Agency on the health impacts and emerging evidence concerning electromagnetic fields associated with public exclusion zone requirements for telecommunications masts.

Answered by Ashley Dalton - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Advice provided by the UK Health Security Agency to the Government, which includes the Department, on the health impacts of electromagnetic fields associated with telecommunications masts is publicly available on the GOV.UK website, at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health/mobile-phone-base-stations-radio-waves-and-health

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January to Question 103029, on Crown Prosecution Service: Vacancies, how the vacancy rate for Crown Prosecutors as of the end of December 2025 compares the preceding five years, broken down by region.

Answered by Ellie Reeves - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)

The overall vacancy rate for ‘Crown Prosecutors’ across the 14 regional, geographic areas that make up the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is 4.5% (at the end of December 2025). The table below includes the regional breakdown for CPS vacancy rates applicable to these legal roles for December 2025 against the three preceding years only*.

*The CPS does not hold information on vacancy rates dating back five years and has therefore provided the three years preceding December 2025 only.

Found: Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough) Anna Sabine (Liberal Democrat; Frome and East Somerset) Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst

Found: Dr Rose Marie Parr (Lay member) Anna Sabine (Liberal Democrat; Frome and East Somerset) Dr Neil Shastri-Hurst