Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 5
5
Deferred
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MoJ and HMCTS missed court reform opportunities due to insufficient early data collection.
Conclusion
The Ministry of Justice and HMCTS have missed opportunities to swiftly deliver an ambitious court reform programme. Many of the problems that we heard about during our inquiry and continue to hear about, could have been avoided if better data collection had been built into the system much earlier. We recognise that the MoJ and HMCTS are taking steps to improve the data situation. However, we would stress that the level of improvement required will need a sustained focus and significant investment.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government deflected the committee's concern about missed opportunities and the need for sustained investment in data collection, instead defending existing scrutiny mechanisms and rejecting the idea of re-establishing a court inspectorate due to significant resourcing and legislative requirements.
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Government Response
The government responded to this report on 7 July 2022. No passage in that response could be matched to this conclusion. Read the response document ↗