Question follow-through · 48237
Judicial Review: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of judicial reviews in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22, (c) 2022-23, (d) 2023-24 and (e) 2024-25.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 25 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
25 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of judicial reviews in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22, (c) 2022-23, (d) 2023-24 and (e) 2024-25.
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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6 May 2025
Answer published
A judicial review challenge may be made against a wide range of public bodies, including Government Separtments, local authorities, police, NHS trusts, regulatory bodies, and certain courts and tribunals.There is no centrally held data on the total cost o...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Ministry of Justice: Public Consultation and Reviews
11 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of (a) consultations and (b) reviews conducted by his Department since 4 July 2024.
Ministry of Justice: Visas
1 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many visas a) his Department, b) the Legal Services Board and c) the Legal Ombudsman have sponsored since 4 July 2024.
Prison Officers: Migrant Workers
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of prison officers hold work visas.