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Judicial Review: Costs

Asked by Blake StephensonConservativeMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 6 May 2025UIN 48237

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of judicial reviews in (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22, (c) 2022-23, (d) 2023-24 and (e) 2024-25.

Answered by Sir Nicholas Dakin

A judicial review challenge may be made against a wide range of public bodies, including Government Separtments, local authorities, police, NHS trusts, regulatory bodies, and certain courts and tribunals.

There is no centrally held data on the total cost of judicial reviews across these different bodies.

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