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High Court: Judges

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve retention of judges in the Business and Property Courts.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
18 Mar 2025
Target answer date
20 Mar 2025
Answer
27 Mar 2025 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 18 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to improve retention of judges in the Business and Property Courts.

  2. 20 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 27 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    The data on salaried judge retention shows the majority of salaried judges leave due to retirement, with an average retirement age of 66.As well as continuing to recruit around 1000 judges and tribunal members annually to increase judicial capacity where ...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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