Question follow-through · 115774
Juries
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants elected trial by jury in either-way cases in each of the last a) three years and b) five years.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 24 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 5 Mar 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
24 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants elected trial by jury in either-way cases in each of the last a) three years and b) five years.
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
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5 Mar 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice published data on those electing for jury trials in either-way cases covering periods from 2014 up to the first quarter of 2023. This information is published in the Criminal Courts Statistics release in Table_AC10: Criminal court ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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