Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases in which pre-trial custody has been extended under the provisions in Prosecution of Offences (Custody Time Limits) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2020.
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on remands found in the ‘Remands: Magistrates’ Court’ and ‘Remands: Crown Court’ data tools available at:
Centrally held information does not identify length of time an individual is remanded in custody.