Criminal Proceedings
(asked on 1st March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish figures on the number of criminal cases delayed by a lack of (a) defence and (b) prosecution counsel; and what the average length is of those delays.
This question was answered on 7th March 2022
The Secretary of State for Justice does not currently publish figures on the number of criminal cases delayed by a lack of (a) defence and (b) prosecution counsel. This specific data is not recorded. However, the Ministry of Justice publishes a range of statistics relating to the criminal justice system which can be found at Statistics at MOJ - Ministry of Justice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).