Crown Prosecution Service: Ensuring Effective Functioning of the Courts

Part of Solicitor General – in the House of Commons at on 20 March 2025.

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Photo of Andrew Slaughter Andrew Slaughter Chair, Justice Committee, Chair, Justice Committee

As the Solicitor General says, the Lord Chancellor has substantially increased sitting days. The lack of a judge is only one reason that courts stand empty. In the first nine months of 2024, 368 Crown court trials were rendered ineffective because the prosecutor failed to attend. What discussions has the Solicitor General had with the CPS on improving prosecutor attendance, so that Crown courts can sit closer to judicial capacity?