Courts: Criminal Proceedings
(asked on 4th September 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of hearings in the criminal courts have taken place (a) virtually and (b) physically since April 2020.
The proportion of hearings in the criminal courts, that have taken place virtually and physically is shown in the HMCTS data below:
Number of Hearings by method for the period April to September 2020 (up to 7th September 2020); for Crime jurisdiction |
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Total number of hearings held, mostly conducted face-to-face | 146,862 | 34.8% |
Total number of hearings held, mostly conducted using an audio platform. | 20,812 | 4.9% |
Total number of hearings held, mostly conducted using a video platform. | 169,316 | 40.2% |
Total number of other hearings conducted. | 84,487 | 20.0% |
Total | 421,477 |
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NOTES: |
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Data provided is for Crown and Magistrates only (and excludes multi jurisdictional courts including those which are within scope), therefore the information presented is likely to be an under-representation of the actual totals |
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Source: HMCTS management information - daily SitRep which may not be completed everyday by all courts |
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This data is collected as Management Information and therefore maybe subject to ongoing changes and revision |
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Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics. |
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The data provided is the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information. |
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Data has not been cross referenced with case files. |
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Initially the Sit Rep report did not fully capture all potential hearing types. As a result the option of “other” was included and predominantly reflects “paper trials”