Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the crown court backlog.

We are funding a record allocation of Crown Court sitting days to deliver swifter justice for victims – 110,000 sitting days this year, 4,000 higher than the last Government.

We have launched an independent review into the efficiency of the criminal courts, led by Sir Brian Leveson, to deliver once-in-a-generation reform.