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<p>The number of days sat in the Crown Court in England in the calendar year 2018
was 97,431 days.</p><p> </p><p>The number of sessions sat in magistrates’ courts in
England in the calendar year 2018 was 208,711. We don’t count days sat in the magistrates’
court and instead count sessions. A session is usually half a day in length.</p><p>
</p><p>We estimate that we will sit around 79,000 days in the Crown Court and around
215,000 sessions in the magistrates’ courts in England in the financial year 2019/20.
These estimates are based on how much resource is required to deal with the number
of cases expected to be received in 2019/20 and reflect demand in the Crown Court.</p><p>
</p><p>We will continue to review demand and performance in the Crown Court and magistrates’
court and will ensure they have the resources they require.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting
times for trials in 2018 were the lowest since 2014, despite the challenge of increasingly
complex cases</p>
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