Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the backlog of outstanding cases was at (a) Leeds Magistrates' Court and (b) Leeds Crown Court (i) at the end of March and (b) in each year since 2010.

PQ 14481

In response to this request, we have interpreted ‘cases heard’ as the number of receipts.

Wakefield Magistrates' Court closed in September 2016; therefore, these figures only exist up to Q3 2016. We do not hold caseload data prior to Q2 2012 for Magistrates’ courts. We have only agreed to close a court where sufficient capacity existed in other nearby courts to accommodate the work of the closing courts.

Receipts at Wakefield magistrates' court (Q2 2012 - Q3 2016)

PQ 14482

The Ministry of Justice has published information on outstanding Crown Court cases by courthouse up to December 2021, in the ‘Crown Court cases received, disposed and outstanding tool’ available at the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2021

Outstanding cases at Leeds magistrates’ court and Crown Court (Q2 2012 – Q4 2021)

Magistrates' Court and Crown Court figures are only available from 2012 and 2014 respectively. The number of outstanding cases is taken from the final month of each calendar year, e.g., as at the end of December.