Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog of outstanding cases was at (a) Teesside Magistrates' Court, (b) Teesside Combined Court and (c) Peterlee Magistrates' Court at the end of March in each year since 2010; and what the backlog of outstanding cases was at Hartlepool Magistrates' Court in each year since 2010 until that court was closed.
The information requested can be found in the tables below.
The first table represents the number of outstanding cases for Teesside Crown Court cases.
The second table represents the number of outstanding cases at Teesside, Peterlee and Hartlepool Magistrates Courts.
Teesside Crown Court cases are reported separately to Teesside Magistrates Court cases as they are different courts.
HMCTS refer to all cases as outstanding rather than a backlog. Strictly speaking, the data below provided below is thus based on outstanding cases and not backlog of cases. There will always be a ‘stock’ of outstanding cases based on the size of each site and mix of cases.
Teesside Crown | Trials | Sentences | Appeals |
March 2020 | 497 | 133 | 50 |
March 2019 | 413 | 109 | 45 |
March 2018 | 435 | 82 | 24 |
March 2017 | 567 | 88 | 30 |
March 2016 | 604 | 77 | 30 |
March 2015 | 735 | 51 | 46 |
March 2014 | 702 | 77 | 28 |
March 2013 | 474 | 90 | 23 |
March 2012 | 457 | 67 | 16 |
March 2011 | 556 | 51 | 26 |
March 2010 | 615 | 63 | 28 |
Magistrates | |||
Date | Teesside | Peterlee | Hartlepool |
Mar-20 | 5,279 | 1,209 |
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Mar-19 | 4,935 | 1,441 |
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Mar-18 | 5,407 | 1,052 |
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Mar-17 | 5,970 | 1,125 |
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Mar-16 | 2,630 | 1,263 | 301 |
Mar-15 | 2,387 | 1,570 | 473 |
Mar-14 | 2,882 | 1,515 | 492 |
Mar-13 | 3,396 | 797 | 619 |
Mar-12 | 3,382 | 919 | 601 |
Mar-11 | 2,685 | 632 | 614 |
Mar-10 | 2,827 | 666 | 934 |