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Commons · Question 69696 · Tabled 21 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 1 Sep 2025

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Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Single Justice Procedure notices are (a) served effectively and (b) received by the intended recipient.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 1 Sep 2025

Prosecutors using the Single Justice Procedure (SJP) are responsible for the service of SJP notices and these are presently served by first class post or by email. The Ministry of Justice does not have supervisory functions over SJP prosecutors, and it is...