Ministry of Justice written question – answered at on 20 January 2021.
Rachel Hopkins
Labour, Luton South
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many hearings have taken place (a) physically, and (b) virtually in court in each of the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
Chris Philp
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
The following table sets out the number of physical compared to remote hearings in 2020. This data is unpublished and for internal management purposes.
May | June | July | August | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
Physical | 6,927 | 22,642 | 51,201 | 57,012 | 81,267 | 87,427 | 84,853 | 67,004 |
Remote | 49,857 | 96,511 | 94,292 | 83,410 | 91,473 | 86,316 | 85,008 | 60,453 |
Cloud Video Platform (CVP) has been rolled out to over 150 Magistrates and 70 Crown Courts nationally. As of 8 January 2021, there have been over 70,000 hearings over CVP in the magistrates’ and Crown Court.
The decision to deal with a hearing or part of a hearing remotely is a matter for the judiciary, who have been considering restrictions, transmission rates, social distancing concerns and the nature of audio and video since the beginning of the pandemic.
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