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<p>We remain committed to tackling the outstanding caseload in the Crown Court and
have introduced a range of measures to achieve this aim.</p><p> </p><p>We expect to
have sat around 107,000 days at the Crown Court in the last financial year (FY2023/24),
representing around a 30% increase on sitting day levels during the 2019/20 financial
year. We have also recruited around 1,000 judges and tribunal members across all jurisdictions
in the last financial year so we can hear more cases.</p><p> </p><p>Judges have worked
tirelessly to complete more cases. HMCTS Management Information shows that disposals
have increased throughout the last calendar year, with February disposals being at
their highest level than at any other point in the last 12 months, with 9,958 disposals
in February 2024, up 18% on February 2023 (8,451).</p><p> </p><p>We are also investing
more in our criminal courts. In August 2023, we announced we are investing £220 million
for essential modernisation and repair work of our court buildings across the next
two years, up to March 2025. We have also continued the use of 20 Nightingale courtrooms
into the 2024/25 financial year, to allow courts to work at full capacity.</p>
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