Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to record data on the disability impairment of people participating in (a) physical and (b) virtual court proceedings.
HMCTS works closely with disability groups to both understand the challenges that disabled people may face throughout the justice system and to put in place measures that address those challenges and help ensure HMCTS meets its responsibilities in the Equality Act 2010.
Under the HMCTS Reform Programme new systems are being developed to improve accuracy and consistency of data in physical and remote proceedings. This includes data on disability and other protected characteristics.