Crown Court Backlog

Part of Justice – in the House of Commons at on 28 January 2025.

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Photo of Shabana Mahmood Shabana Mahmood The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice

I agree with the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee that the backlog is far too high. He will know that, no matter what we do in terms of system efficiency and capacity, that backlog is projected to rise, because the demand coming into the system is particularly high and is itself rising. That is why I have asked Sir Brian Leveson to consider once-in-a-generation policy reform, so that we can make the legislative changes necessary to bring the backlog down. That is the change that is required, alongside system-wide efficiency and productivity.