Question follow-through · 14995

Judiciary: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8930 on Judicial Appointments, in how many judicial appointments in each year since the coming into force of the equal merit provision in the Crime and Courts Ac

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Answering body: Ministry of Justice
Tabled: 1 Jul 2026
Target answer date: 6 Jul 2026
Answer: 10 Jul 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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1 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8930 on Judicial Appointments, in how many judicial appointments in each year since the coming into force of the equal merit provision in the Crime and Courts Ac
6 Jul 2026
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10 Jul 2026
Answer published
The Equal Merit Provision was introduced in 2014. Where two or more candidates a vacancy are judged by the Judicial Appointments Commission to be of equal merit, the Commission may give preference to the candidates with relevant protected characteristics ...

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