Criminal Proceedings: West Yorkshire
(asked on 14th September 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are waiting to have their legal cases heard in court in (a) Morley and Outwood constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.
The tables below show the number of cases outstanding in West Yorkshire as at March 2021 in respect of Magistrates cases, Crown Court cases and family cases. We are unable to provide data in respect of the number of victims or defendants waiting for their cases to be heard or data specific to Morley and Outwood constituency. To obtain this data would incur disproportionate costs.
| Civil | Criminal-Non SJP | Criminal SJP | Enforcement |
Bradford Magistrates | 47 | 4,099 | 10,477 | 129 |
Kirklees Magistrates | 111 | 1,492 | 293 | 110 |
Leeds Magistrates | 70 | 5,127 | 3,911 | 285 |
Below are the number of outstanding family cases in the West Yorkshire courts.
Court Name | Private | Public |
Bradford | 501 |
|
Huddersfield | 310 |
|
Leeds | 811 | 597 |
Wakefield | 309 |
|
Location | Trials Outstanding | Sentencing Outstanding | Appeals Outstanding | Total outstanding | Defendants O/S (Trial cases) |
Court: BRADFORD CROWN | 771 | 146 | 67 | 984 | 898 |
Court: LEEDS CROWN | 1533 | 293 | 50 | 1876 | 1,870 |