Question follow-through · 94148
Juries
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of criminal trials involved a jury in each of the last ten years.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 25 Nov 2025
- Target answer date
- 27 Nov 2025
- Answer
- 3 Dec 2025 · 8 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 Nov 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of criminal trials involved a jury in each of the last ten years.
27 Nov 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Dec 2025
Answer published
Only 3% of all cases were heard by a jury in the year to June 2025. This is based on the number of not guilty pleas as a proportion of all cases for trial, excluding Single Justice Procedure cases. Over 90% of criminal cases are heard in the magistrates’ ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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HMP Morton Hall: Prisoners' Release
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error from HMP Morton Hall since July 2024.
HMP Lincoln: Prisoners' Release
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error from HM Prison Lincoln since July 2024.
HMP North Sea Camp: Prisoners' Release
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error from North Sea Camp Prison since July 2024.
HMP/YOI Peterborough: Prisoners' Release
6 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been released in error from HM Prison Peterborough since July 2024.
Ministry of Justice: Visas
25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many staff within his Department are reliant on a visa for employment.
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2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether it is his Department's policy that (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers use the disappearing messages function on Whatsapp on Government devices.
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10 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any civil servants hired by his Department were recruited over another person on the basis of a protected characteristic in each of the last three years.
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Ministry of Justice: Redundancy Pay
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