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Written question asked by Mark Oaten (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 12 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 14 December 2005. It was answered by Baroness Harman (Labour) on Monday, 19 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.


Juries

Question
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what data her Department collects on the ethnic composition of juries; and what recent research her Department has conducted into the under-representation of ethnic minorities on juries.
Answer

The Department for Constitutional Affairs does not collect data on the ethnic composition of juries, or any other data for monitoring purposes. As jury selection is a random process there is no business requirement to collect data on ethnicity. A research project looking at the ethnic make-up of juries from summoning through to service, commissioned by DCA, is due to be published in 2006.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c2550W; 37759
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Databases Juries Ethnic groups Research
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk