Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June to Question 61493 on Courts: Disability, what data his Department records on the outcomes secured by disabled court users in relation to their hearings.

Data on outcomes secured by disabled court users cannot currently be extracted from digital case management systems. Under the HMCTS Reform Programme new systems are being developed to improve accuracy and consistency of data in court proceedings. This includes data on disability and other protected characteristics.