Question reference: S5W-34346
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 8 January 2021
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 1 February 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what consideration it has given to automatically exempting all people aged over 70 from jury duty.
Answer
There has been no consideration around automatically exempting all people aged over 70 from jury duty. There is currently no age limit at which you may cease to be called for jury service, but from the age of 71 you are permitted to be excused. In addition, if any potential juror has any condition that is likely to impair, or make difficult, his or her function as a juror, he or she may also apply to the clerk of court for excusal. The clerk of court has full discretion in this matter.