Question follow-through · 18480
Juries
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will make an assessment on the potential to utilise the Government's Tell Us Once service to avoid the unnecessary issuing of jury notices to the recently deceased.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 13 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 15 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 23 Jul 2026 · 10 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
13 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will make an assessment on the potential to utilise the Government's Tell Us Once service to avoid the unnecessary issuing of jury notices to the recently deceased.
15 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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23 Jul 2026
Answer published
The jury summoning process has for decades relied on electoral registration data, provided to us by local authorities. This information is received on an annual basis, which means there can be (and are) instances where a death has occurred but has not yet...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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