Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department is taking steps to standardise listing data across courts in England and Wales.

The allocation and listing of individual cases is a judicial responsibility. The Lord Chancellor & Secretary of State for Justice does, though, continue to take steps to support the judiciary in efforts to improve listing practice, and recognises that having a standardised, transparent view of court data will help senior judges to consider how improvements and greater consistency can be achieved.

The HMCTS Reform Programme will deliver a strategic, national scheduling and listing tool to support judges in listing cases across all courts, replacing the range of systems currently in use by October 2022. The new tool “List Assist” will provide an efficient and effective, standardised listing system, with improved data.