Courts: Coronavirus
Ministry of Justice written
question – answered on 18th June 2020.
Baroness Coussins Crossbench
To ask Her Majesty's
Government how many court hearings held remotely since the start of the COVID-19
pandemic have (1) included the virtual presence of an interpreter, and (2) been
rescheduled because an interpreter was needed but not available. [T]
Lord Keen of
Elie The Advocate-General for Scotland, Lords Spokesperson (Ministry of
Justice)
Information on how many
hearings held remotely since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic for spoken and
non-spoken interpretation is provided below. The difference in start dates
reflect the fact that thebigword’s system did not start recording any remote
bookings until 30th March. We expect that very few took place before
this date.
Dates
|
Number of telephone
interpreting hearings
|
Number of video remote
interpreting hearings
|
|
thebigword – spoken
interpretation
|
30.3.2020 – 12.6.2020
|
2769
|
1470
|
Clarion uk – Non- spoken
interpretation
|
23.3.2020 – 12.6.2020
|
N/A
|
288
|
The Ministry of Justice does
not collect data on all hearings that have been rescheduled because an
interpreter was unavailable. HMCTS performance data, including ineffective
trial rates due to interpreter availability, is currently not available for
this period.
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