Official Ministry of Justice figures show that courtrooms sit unused for significant periods, with data released for April indicating that individual courtrooms went unused for a total of 778 days. The figures are being cited in the context of ongoing political debate about how to improve the criminal justice system’s efficiency, including proposals related to jury trials. One line of argument highlighted in reporting urges the government to move away from plans described as potentially “dangerous” and instead concentrate on reducing court inactivity by scheduling and filling existing court capacity. The same reporting points to the scale of lost sitting time—nearly 800 sitting days in April—as evidence that more effective use of courts could help address delays. The articles do not dispute the reported courtroom underuse figures, but they frame their significance differently, tying them to the question of whether policy changes affecting jury trials should take priority over efforts to restore or better deploy courtrooms that are currently unused. The broader dispute centers on what measures should be prioritized to reduce delays and improve court operations.