Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of cases delayed by issues within the Common Platform prior to the pause in its use in summer 2021.

During the summer of 2021 prior to the pause of the Common Platform roll out, users were reporting some issues in respect of system slowness but which did not prevent them from being able to handle all cases that had been listed within the court sessions. Any issues were identified, mitigated and resolved and if any technical errors were identified, cases were handled using the usual business continuity process.