Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 18480
Juries
Tabled: 13 July 2026
Answered: 23 July 2026
Question
Peter Lamb
Labour — Crawley
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.
Answer
Sarah SackmanThe 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...
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