Courts: Coronavirus
(asked on 15th December 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases were outstanding (1) in the Crown Court of England and Wales, and (2) in the magistrates’ courts, in each month of 2020.
Answered by
Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The volume of outstanding cases in the criminal courts is published routinely. The latest available data for the number of cases outstanding (1) in the Crown Court of England and Wales, and (2) in the Magistrates’ courts, in each month of 2020 has been provided in the table below.
| Magistrates1-3 | Crown1,2 |
Month | Outstanding | Outstanding |
Jan-20 | 314,169 | 38,411 |
Feb-20 | 316,818 | 39,218 |
Mar-20 | 337,897 | 40,037 |
Apr-20 | 391,228 | 40,997 |
May-20 | 415,559 | 41,342 |
Jun-20 | 433,516 | 42,459 |
Jul-20 | 444,173 | 44,892 |
Aug-20 | 443,605 | 47,544 |
Sep-20 | 424,651 | 50,123 |
Oct-20 | 411,807 | 52,133 |
Notes:
1) The management information presented in this table reflects what is recorded on relevant case-management systems on the date of extraction. The case-management systems are continually updated and so the information presented will differ from previously published information.
2) The management information presented is different from the quarterly MOJ official statistics published due to timing and definitional reasons. The official statistics go through a more comprehensive quality assurance and analysis process to ensure quality and coherence.
3) Figures above include all case offence types. However, MOJ published statistics are filtered to include only the following offence types: Triable-either-way, Indictable Only, Summary Motoring, Summary Non-Motoring, Breaches.