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The table below is comprised of unpublished management information sourced from internal reports belonging to Her Majesty\u2019s Courts & Tribunal Service (HMCTS) and provides the number of Crown Court sitting days<\/em> there were in each of the last available 10 financial years:<\/p>

Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

HMCTS \u201cCrown Court sitting days\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2009/10<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

108,536<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2010/11<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

109,263<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2011/12<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

106,739<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

103,181<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

101,724<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2014/15<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

106,583<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2015/16<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

109,321<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2016/17<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

107,863<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2017/18<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

102,818<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

2018/19<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

97,293<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>

Sitting days are based on the number of cases we expect the court to hear and, with fewer cases making it to the Crown Court, were reduced to allow judges to carry out work in the civil and family courts, where demand is higher. This approach has enabled us to reduce the number of outstanding Crown Court cases by almost 40% since 2014.<\/p>

We keep sitting days under constant review and in November allocated an extra 700 days to the Crown Court for this financial year, in response to an increase in cases coming to court.<\/p>

Notes:<\/strong><\/p>