Crown Prosecution Service: Standards
(asked on 5th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
What steps she is taking to reduce the backlog of cases in the CPS.
This question was answered on 5th November 2020
The CPS is working closely with partner agencies across the criminal justice system to reduce the current backlog of cases created by the Covid-19 outbreak. This includes both internal measures to deal with larger live caseloads in CPS Areas and working closely with partners to ensure maximum throughput of cases at court.
Considerable progress is being made. In the honourable member’s constituency, Merthyr Magistrates’ Court has now reduced its backlog to pre-COVID levels.