Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what funds are allocated by his Department to the nightingale courts at Monument and Aldersgate past March 2022 for the purposes of supporting their continued work to help tackle the court backlog.

We are assessing the need for the continued use of the Nightingale courts including at Monument and Aldersgate past March 2022. The decisions regarding Nightingale courts at Monument and Aldersgate will be made in due course. HMCTS will be provided with the funding needed to operate the Nightingale courts required to support recovery from the pandemic during 2022-23.

As part of the Spending Review we announced that we will be investing £477 million in the Criminal Justice System over the next three years. This will help to reduce the backlog and deliver the swift access to justice that victims deserve.