Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings for trials in (a) magistrates' and (b) Crown courts could not take place when listed due to a prosecutor not being available for those hearings in (i) 2018, (ii) 2019, (iii) 2020, (iv) 2021 and (v) 2022 to date.

This information is published as part of Criminal Court Statistics Quarterly – ‘Trial effectiveness at the criminal courts’ tool. The tool includes ineffective trials by reason and court type. The latest tool is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2022.