Question follow-through · 6343
First-tier Tribunal
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of reducing the qualification time for people to sit on a first tier tribunal.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 3 Jun 2026
- Target answer date
- 8 Jun 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jun 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
3 Jun 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made an assessment of reducing the qualification time for people to sit on a first tier tribunal.
8 Jun 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jun 2026
Answer published
Judges of the First-Tier Tribunal are required by statute (the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007) to have a specific legal qualification and appropriate legal experience. This must be five years’ post qualification experience (PQE), with a minimum...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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