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Seventh Report - The role of adult custodial remand in the criminal justice system
Justice Committee
HC 264
Published 17 January 2023
Recommendations
8
Acknowledged
Para 49
Review legal framework for custody time limits to prevent excessive pre-trial detention
Recommendation
Despite there being a legal framework in place that is intended to ensure that people who are detained are brought to trial as soon as possible, in practice a large proportion of the remand population is held beyond the custody …
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Government Response Summary
The government accepted the recommendation in principle, but stated that current data on remand reasons is insufficient. It committed to monitoring and assessing data quality in the new Common Platform digital system to explore future data capture on remand decisions.
Ministry of Justice
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