Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 23994

Legal Systems: Islam

Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 22 January 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if her Department will make an estimate of the number of Sharia Courts there are in the UK.

Answer

Sarah Sackman
I refer the honourable Member to the answer I gave on 18 December to Question 18879: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-12-10/18879.Sharia Councils are not part of the judicial system.