Ms Caron McCaffrey:

We have been working hard over the pandemic when a lot of court activity went online. From a safety perspective, it was much safer for prisoners to appear online. The statistics on physical attendance at court show that in 2018, there were 30,663 physical attendances and just under 3,500 attendances by video link. In 2021, however, the number of people who attended by video link increased to over 20,000. We are making progress in this regard.