Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the rollout of section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, how many cases have applied or used section 28 used since its rollout, by (a) court and (b) month.

HMCTS does not hold data on how many times the provisions of a section 28 special measure have been applied or used by (a) court and (b) month.

The information requested is not held centrally and can only be obtained at a disproportionate cost.