Select Committee · Justice Committee

Court Capacity

Status: Closed Opened: 30 Jul 2020 Closed: 14 Sep 2023 20 recommendations 13 conclusions 1 report

This inquiry is looking at the capacity of the court system and how it can address delays to cases being heard. The number of delays has grown significantly due to the covid-19 pandemic. It will examine: How these delays can be addressed The practical experience of these delays for lawyers, witnesses, victims and defendants Whether …

Reports

1 report

Title	HC No.	Published	Items	Response
Sixth report - Court capacity	HC 69	27 Apr 2022	33	Responded

Recommendations & Conclusions

2 items

28 Recommendation Sixth report - Court capacity Accepted in Part

Develop a Family Justice action plan to expand capacity and improve timeliness by 2025.

We are concerned by the growing number of cases in the Family Court. The Government should develop a Family Justice action plan to address this problem. The action plan should set out how the Government will expand the capacity of the family justice system to deal with the growing number …

Government response. The government responded by referencing its existing HMCTS recovery plan (published in Nov 2020) which included plans and targets for increased capacity and efficiency. They outlined actions taken, such as record judicial sitting days and ambitious judicial recruitment, and identified …

Ministry of Justice

31 Recommendation Sixth report - Court capacity Accepted in Part

Confirm Core Case Data rollout timeline and publish local civil justice scorecards for transparency.

We welcome the Government’s ambition to improve the use of digital technology in the County Courts. We would ask the Government to confirm the timeline for the rollout of Core Case Data. Once the data is available, the Government should also publish local civil justice scorecards to enhance the transparency …

Government response. The government accepted in part, confirming the civil reform project is due to run until March 2023, during which an end-to-end reformed service for civil money claims using Core Case Data (CCD) is expected, with reform for other claims also …

Ministry of Justice

Correspondence

5 letters

Date	Direction	Title
23 Jul 2021	—	Criminal law roundtable transcript 8 February 2021
4 Feb 2021	From cttee	Letter to the Lord Chancellor, dated 3 February 2021, regarding the situation i…
24 Nov 2020	To cttee	Letter from Sir Robert Neill MP, Chair, Justice Committee to Rt Hon Rishi Sunak…
24 Nov 2020	To cttee	Letter from Sir Robert Neill MP, Chair, Justice Committee to Rt Hon Robert Buck…
8 Jul 2020	To cttee	Letter from Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of Stat…