Juries Mr. Lancaster To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people summoned for jury service in Milton Keynes declined to carry out their service for each reason in each year since 1997; (2) how many people (a) were summoned for and (b) undertook jury service in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997. Bridget Prentice The following table shows, on a national level basis for each calendar year from 2000 to 2008, the following: (a) how many people have been required for jury service (b) how many people have been supplied to the court for jury service (c) how many people have been deferred from the original date they were summoned for jury service (d) how many people have been excused from jury service (e) how many people have been disqualified from jury service. The Jury Central Summoning Bureau (JCSB) is not able to supply the information for Milton Keynes as the data cannot be extracted in this way by the computer system. Data are organised under postal catchment areas to different Crown courts. Therefore residents from Milton Keynes could be summoned to either Aylesbury or Luton Crown court, which also covers other postal areas. Members of the public summoned for jury service cannot decline to carry out jury service. However, a juror can apply to defer their jury service to a more suitable date within the forthcoming 12-month period if the original date is not convenient. Jurors can apply to be excused from jury service but their application must show good cause why they should be excused from attending. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |2000 |2001 |2002 |2003 |2004 |2005 |2006 |2007 |2008 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total number of summons issues |79,115|579,473|492,561|461,980|431,432|388,154|390,671|412,666|416,689| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total number of jurors supplied to the court |24,907|187,080|197,599|184,833|187,114|185,193|181,966|182,661|183,506| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Deferred to serve at a later date |8,860 |61,435 |59,786 |59,528 |65,754 |63,741 |61,254 |66,174 |66,806 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number refused deferral |22 |214 |297 |340 |288 |286 |172 |122 |103 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Excused | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |by right having served in past two years |4,700 |32,368 |29,120 |28,247 |14,887 |4,333 |4,277 |4,518 |4,244 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |child care |3,410 |27,685 |26,281 |24,327 |19,497 |15,741 |15,690 |16,118 |15,711 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |work commitments |2,781 |26,640 |25,628 |19,373 |14,961 |14,419 |15,998 |16,428 |16,857 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |medical |5,650 |44,435 |40,982 |35,061 |34,016 |32,239 |30,332 |32,416 |31,289 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |travel difficulties |186 |2,394 |1,811 |1,110 |813 |672 |720 |651 |690 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |student |736 |5,468 |5,899 |3,979 |2,438 |2,150 |2,209 |2,273 |2,429 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |moved from area |1,549 |11,073 |6,254 |3,419 |2,498 |2,181 |2,454 |2,988 |2,543 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |language difficulties |849 |5,921 |5,928 |5,260 |4,975 |4,081 |4,030 |4,406 |4,165 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |other |2,521 |20,678 |22,354 |22,400 |23,103 |21,658 |24,126 |27,784 |30,606 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |All excused |22,382|176,662|164,257|143,176|117,188|97,474 |99,836 |107,582|108,534| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number refused excusal |421 |2,494 |1,927 |3,453 |4,344 |3,585 |2,053 |1,641 |1,515 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Disqualified—residency, mental disorders, criminality |15,248|118,339|105,314|98,045 |89,112 |77,364 |85,061 |94,171 |96,325 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Disqualified—on selection |5,989 |48,271 |59,892 |58,830 |55,410 |49,765 |53,031 |58,900 |59,017 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Disqualified—failed Police National Computer (PNC) check|0 |69 |160 |139 |148 |193 |185 |207 |225 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------