Estimated change in court demand as a result of court reform proposals, IfG estimate and MoJ projection

Source: Institute for Government analysis of MoJ, 'Courts and Tribunals Bill (Structural Criminal Court Reform) impact assessment', 2026, and other sources.Notes: *Our headline figure of 7-10% of time saved was specifically for reforms to jury trials and did not include time saved on guilty pleas. Our estimate also did not include changes to appeals or introducing judge-alone trials for fraud. All figures given as a proportion of projected crown court demand without reforms.Get the data Download image
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