Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 115774

Juries

Tabled: 24 February 2026

Answered: 5 March 2026

Question

Tristan Osborne

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.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

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 ...

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