{"value":{"id":1271983,"memberId":4553,"member":null,"memberRole":"The Lords Spokesperson","uin":"HLWS667","dateMade":"2020-12-17T00:00:00","answeringBodyId":54,"answeringBodyName":"Ministry of Justice","title":"Judicial Conduct Investigations Office Annual Report 2019–2020","text":"<p>My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Robert Buckland) has made the following Written Statement.</p><p>\"With the concurrence of the Lord Chief Justice, I will today publish the fourteenth annual report of the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO).</p><p> </p><p>The JCIO supports the Lord Chief Justice and the Lord Chancellor in our joint statutory responsibility for judicial discipline.</p><p> </p><p>The judiciary comprises approximately 22,000 individuals serving across a range of jurisdictions. Over the past year, the JCIO received 1,292 complaints against judicial office holders. 42 investigations resulted in disciplinary action.</p><p> </p><p>I have placed copies of the report into the libraries of both Houses, the Vote Office and the Printed Paper Office. Copies are also available online at: <a href=\"https://judicialconduct.judiciary.gov.uk/reports-publications/\" target=\"_blank\">https://judicialconduct.judiciary.gov.uk/reports-publications/</a>\"</p><p> </p>","house":"Lords","noticeNumber":0,"hasAttachments":false,"hasLinkedStatements":true,"linkedStatements":[{"linkedStatementId":1271985,"linkType":"JointStatement","linkDate":"2020-12-17T00:00:00"}],"attachments":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Statements/1271983","method":"GET"}]}