Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 76850
Juries: Hearing Impairment
Tabled: 12 September 2025
Answered: 22 September 2025
Question
Matt Vickers
Conservative — Stockton West
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaf people who have completed jury service since the coming into force of the legal right to British Sign Language interpreters in jury deliberation rooms i
Answer
Sarah SackmanSince the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act came into force in 2022, there have been 84 bookings made for BSL interpreters to assist a deaf juror in deliberations.HMCTS collects a range of information to support the administration of jury service a...
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