HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection
Commons · Question 73115 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 22 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of data corruption on judicial decisions made in (a) civil, (b) family and (c) tribunal courts following the HMCTS IT bug.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 22 Sep 2025
Given the important and sensitive work undertaken across the civil, family and tribunal jurisdictions, and the Social Security and Child Support (SSCS) Tribunal in particular, it is entirely understandable that there will be concern at reports of an IT bu...