Administration of Justice

(asked on 29th October 2019) - View Source
Questioner
Yasmin Qureshi Portrait
Yasmin Qureshi
(Labour - Bolton South East)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many adjournments have taken place in each month in 2019 in the (a) criminal, (b) civil and (c) family courts.

Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 4th November 2019

The information sought in respect (a) criminal and (b) civil courts is provided in the table below. The equivalent information for (c), the family courts, could only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Cases Adjourned January to June 19

Magistrates

Crown

Civil

Jan-19

53,671

13,529

2,843

Feb-19

46,389

12,472

2,521

Mar-19

48,881

13,383

2,586

Apr-19

48,844

13,204

2,706

May-19

51,143

13,967

2,868

Jun-19

47,813

12,545

2,628

Notes

Data are: (i) taken from a live management information system and can change over time; (ii) management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics; and (iii) the most recent available and, therefore, might differ slightly from any previously published information.

Data are provided to June 2019, the most recent period for which official statistics have been published.

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