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Juries

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of criminal trials were heard before a jury in each of the last five years.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
9 Jul 2025
Target answer date
11 Jul 2025
Answer
17 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 9 Jul 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of criminal trials were heard before a jury in each of the last five years.

  2. 11 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 17 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice does not centrally hold information on the numbers and proportion of criminal trials heard before a jury. However, the vast majority of criminal cases are heard in the magistrates’ courts without juries – with 90% of all criminal c...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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