Every parliamentary written question tabled by Shaun Davies this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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How many Crown Court judges there were resident at Shrewsbury Crown Court in each of the last six years.
The Crown Court sitting at Shrewsbury is accommodated across two sites, in Shrewsbury Justice Centre and Telford Justice Centre. In total, there are three courtrooms dedicated to Crown Court use.For each of the last six years (i.e. since 2019/20), two Cir...
How many justices of the peace served at Telford Magistrates Court in each of the last six years.
Magistrates that sit at Telford Magistrates’ Court are appointed to the Shropshire Bench. The Shropshire Bench covers Telford and Kidderminster Magistrates Court and the magistrates may be required to sit at any of these courts. The table below shows the ...
Whether she plans to use remote court hearings to ease the burden on the courts system.
The decision to hold a hearing remotely, or enable participants to attend remotely, rests with the judiciary. HM Courts and Tribunal Service continues to support and enable remote hearings by optimising the courts and tribunals estate and building technol...
What the average length of paternity leave taken by staff in (a) her Department, (b) HM Courts and Tribunals Service and (c) HM Prison and Probation Service was in each of the last three years.
The average length of paternity leave taken across the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for each of the last three years is 14 calendar days. The breakdown as per the request is as follows: Average number of days of paternity leave taken by staff in MoJ, HMCTS a...
What estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse for moving magistrates court remand hearings from Shropshire Magistrates Court in Telford; and if she will hold discussions with His Majesty's Courts and
The decision to centralise remand hearings in the West Mercia area was a judicial decision taken by the local Judicial Business Group in 2017 following full public consultation. The decision was based on remand court volumes prevailing at the time, and en...
What the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average time taken was between the Plea and Trial Preparation Hearing and the first trial date at Shrewsbury Crown Court for people who had pleaded not guilty to charges
The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
How many offenders released on licence at the 40% point of their sentence were convicted of (a) one and (b) more than one breach of restraining orders.
The Government inherited a crisis in our criminal justice system, with prisons on the point of collapse. As a result, we were forced to take the difficult but necessary step to move certain release points for prisoners serving eligible standard determinat...
On how many sitting days Telford Magistrates Court rooms were not used (a) at all and (b) in part in each of the last three years.
HMCTS records the availability of courtroom in ‘sessions’. A ‘session’ represents the time that court/hearing room space is available, with up to two sessions available each day. Available and unavailable sessions are recorded for all jurisdictions.Telfor...
What the average waiting time is for a trial at Shrewsbury Crown Court.
We have interpreted waiting time to refer to the time between the date of sending a case to the Crown Court and the start of the substantive “main” Crown Court hearing.The average (median) waiting time at Shrewsbury Crown Court in 2023 was 42 days, compar...
Whether she plans to allow Courts to impose cost orders on those who (a) plead and (b) are found guilty in order to recover the costs of (i) investigating the offence, (ii) bringing the case to Court and (iii) le
Courts have wide ranging powers to impose cost orders on defendants and to recover some of the costs of investigating the offence and bringing the case to court. All such orders are at the discretion of the court, ensuring that they are just and reasonabl...
What the average waiting time is for a trial to be heard at Telford Magistrates' Court.
We do not publish a ‘waiting time’ measure for Magistrates’ courts. The Magistrates’ courts timeliness tool contains published estimates of timeliness from offence to case completion at the Magistrates’ courts. It is available down to Local Criminal Justi...