PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Offences against Children (1 November 2021)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the court backlog is for child sexual abuse cases.

Asked by:
Nadia Whittome (Labour)

Answer

At the end of June 2021 (latest available data) there were 4,614 outstanding child sexual abuse cases in the Crown Court and 572 in the Magistrates’ Court in England and Wales.


Answered by:
Tom Pursglove (Conservative)
4 November 2021

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