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A smaller backlog could also change the 2023 result, but to a lesser extent, it said.

Ministers have pledged to increase the number of judges hearing criminal cases in an attempt to cut unprecedented backlogs and delays in Crown Courts in England and Wales.

The backlog of disability determinations, which often require multiple rounds of inquiries, hearings and appeals, had reached a near-record 1.2 million.

The UK now receives the fifth largest number of asylum seekers in the "EU plus" area at a time when the government is under pressure to cut the asylum decision backlog.

He said it should be instructed to follow the law as set out in the Equality Act, while he said ministers should have a "relentless focus" on bringing down NHS backlogs.