United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 76844
Juries: Hearing Impairment
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12 September 2025
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22 September 2025 · Answer
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22 September 2025
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of British Sign Language interpreters for deaf jurors.
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12 September 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of the provision of British Sign Language interpreters for deaf jurors.
Source: Commons
22 September 2025
Answer
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 placed the right to British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting in the jury deliberation room on a statutory footing (now section 9C of the Juries Act 1974). The Ministry of Justice is committed to ensuring t...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-09-12/76844
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1834762
- uk · wq-1834762 · source updated 22 September 2025