Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 76852
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, whether his Department has consulted with organisations representing deaf people on the barriers faced by deaf people when undertaking jury service.
Answer
Sarah SackmanThe Ministry of Justice engaged with organisations representing deaf people, including the British Deaf Association, when developing and implementing new measures in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act, to support jurors who require the support o...
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