Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 94148
Juries
Tabled: 25 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025
Question
Sir John Hayes
Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of criminal trials involved a jury in each of the last ten years.
Answer
Sarah SackmanOnly 3% of all cases were heard by a jury in the year to June 2025. This is based on the number of not guilty pleas as a proportion of all cases for trial, excluding Single Justice Procedure cases. Over 90% of criminal cases are heard in the magistrates’ ...
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