Judges: Costs
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the total annual cost of (a) salaried judges and (b) fee‑paid judges in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in each of the last 10 financial years.
Answered by Sarah Sackman
The total spend on (a) Salaried and (b) Fee-Paid Judges in the First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) in each of the last 10 financial years was:
Financial Year | Salaried Judges | Fee-Paid Judges |
2016-17 | 12.0 | 21.4 |
2017-18 | 11.2 | 24.8 |
2018-19 | 13.8 | 20.6 |
2019-20 | 14.5 | 23.9 |
2020-21 | 18.9 | 4.8 |
2021-22 | 19.0 | 12.1 |
2022-23 | 18.7 | 12.1 |
2023-24 | 19.1 | 14.8 |
2024-25 | 20.6 | 18.0 |
2025-26 | 20.6 | 20.8 |
Figures are stated in £m and include employer contributions for National Insurance and the Judicial Pension Scheme, as well as judicial allowances.
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