Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many jury trials were outstanding in each of the last 12 months.
The table below provides the number of outstanding trial cases at the Crown Court by month, between March 2019 and March 2020.
Year | Month | Outstanding trial cases at the Crown Court |
2019 | Mar | 25,360 |
| Apr | 25,925 |
| May | 26,140 |
| Jun | 26,341 |
| Jul | 26,728 |
| Aug | 27,185 |
| Sep | 27,272 |
| Oct | 28,155 |
| Nov | 28,629 |
| Dec | 29,403 |
2020 | Jan | 30,179 |
| Feb | 31,019 |
| Mar | 31,686 |
March 2020 is the latest period for which National Statistics broken down by type of case are published in England and Wales. National Statistics for the period to June 2020 will be published on September 24, 2020.