Question follow-through · 100769
Juries
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to monitor data on (a) conviction rates, (b) sentencing patterns and (c) appeals arising from cases affected by the removal of the right to elect a jury trial; and whether that data will be publ
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 18 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 22 Dec 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to monitor data on (a) conviction rates, (b) sentencing patterns and (c) appeals arising from cases affected by the removal of the right to elect a jury trial; and whether that data will be publ
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
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22 Dec 2025
Answer published
We will continue to monitor conviction rates, sentencing outcomes and appeals volumes as part of our ongoing assessments of the criminal justice system. The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions and sentencing outcomes for a wide range of offe...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Magistrates' Courts
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Trials
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of increased trials without juries on the number of judicial review applications.
Sexual Offences: Foreign Nationals
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign national sex offenders have been convicted in each year since 2020.
Prisoners: Foreign Nationals
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals currently serving custodial sentences for sexual offences are held in prisons in England and Wales.
Sexual Offences: Foreign Nationals
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals who were convicted of sexual offences were given suspended custodial sentences in each year since 2020.
Crimes of Violence and Sexual Offences: Foreign Nationals
17 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many foreign nationals convicted of sexual offences have been convicted of (a) a further sexual offence and (b) other violent offences after release from custody in the UK in each year since 2020.
Trials
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of trials juries reached a not guilty verdict in each year since 2020.
Trials
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in what proportion of trials without a jury was a not guilty verdict given in each year since 2020.
Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs
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Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs
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Youth Justice: Standards
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what evidence his Department has that culturally sensitive and anti-racist youth justice programmes funded by the Youth Justice Board deliver sustained, long-term reductions in reoffending beyond initial pilot ph
Youth Justice: Ethnic Groups
2 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the extent to which judicial decision-making, rather than youth justice practitioner assessments, accounts for disparities in custodial remand outcomes for children of different eth