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Judicial Conduct Investigations Office Annual Report 2023–2024

Written ministerial statementMade by Shabana MahmoodLord Chancellor and Secretary of State for JusticeMinistry of JusticeHCWS621

With the concurrence of the Lady Chief Justice, I will today publish the seventeenth annual report of the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO).

The JCIO supports the Lady Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor in our joint statutory responsibility for judicial discipline.

The judiciary comprises approximately 20,000 individuals serving across a range of jurisdictions. Over the past year, the JCIO received 2,394 complaints against judicial office-holders. A total of 58 investigations resulted in disciplinary action.

I have placed copies of the report in the libraries of both Houses, the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office. Copies are also available online at: https://www.complaints.judicialconduct.gov.uk/reportsandpublications/

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