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...