Question follow-through · 50559

Solicitors Regulation Authority: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been (a) issued and (b) withdrawn on appeal by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in each of the last three years for which data is available.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
7 May 2025
Target answer date
12 May 2025
Answer
14 May 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 7 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many fines have been (a) issued and (b) withdrawn on appeal by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in each of the last three years for which data is available.

  2. 12 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 14 May 2025

    Answer published

    According to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), 69 fines were issued during the period 2020/21, followed by 49 between 2021/22 and 73 between 2022/23. The SRA has confirmed that the data for the 2023/24 period is not currently available. Further i...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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