Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog of cases involving serious criminal offences was in the Crown Courts in (a) Wales (b) Gwent for each month from June 2019 to June 2020.
This information is not held separately for Gwent as the Crown in Newport is administered from Cardiff.
Total outstanding serious offences in the Crown Court
Month | Wales |
June | 545 |
July | 502 |
August | 511 |
September | 461 |
October | 437 |
November | 418 |
December | 402 |