Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases are awaiting trial at Barkingside Magistrates Court; and what estimate he has made of the current average waiting time for a case to reach the court.

Barkingside Magistrates’ Court is in the North East London Local Justice Area, and all trials for that area are listed at Romford Magistrates’ Court. There are currently 109 motoring cases and 395 non motoring cases awaiting summary trial at Romford Magistrates’ Court, along with 53 Youth case trials.

The average waiting time for a case between charge and first listing at Barkingside Magistrates’ Court is 17 days for bail cases with an anticipated guilty plea, 29 days for bail cases with an anticipated not guilty plea. Where the police do not bail the defendant, the case will be listed before the next sitting of the court.