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Theft: Juries

Commons · Question 81707 · Tabled 13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 21 Oct 2025

Question

Asked by Jess Brown-Fuller

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will take steps to bring the financial threshold for electing for trial by jury for theft in line with that for charges of criminal damage.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 21 Oct 2025

In Part I of the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts, published July 9, Sir Brian Leveson recommends reclassifying certain triable either-way offences, including theft offences. We will set out our response to this and other aspects of his report in...