Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 37901

Juries: Compensation

Tabled: 12 March 2025

Answered: 19 March 2025

Named Day

Question

Luke Myer

Labour — Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure jurors are adequately compensated for loss of earnings; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of jury service on jurors that receive compensa

Answer

Sarah Sackman

This Government has not made any specific assessment of the impact of jury service on jurors who receive compensation less than their usual income. However pursuant to my answer to PQ 36911, the Government will keep under review all support provided to ju...

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