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HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection

Commons · Question 81451 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2025

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Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2025 to Question 73120 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service: Data Protection, how many people whose cases may have been affected have (a) been identified and (b) been notified

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 21 Oct 2025

His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has expanded its checks using new digital tools to analyse the full period affected - covering around 700,000 cases - to determine whether any were impacted and to what extent. Based on the first phase of...