Call for evidence outcome

Major Review of the Judicial Salary Structure: Call for Evidence

From:
Senior Salaries Review Body , Office for the Pay Review Bodies and Ministry of Justice
Published
17 November 2025
Last updated
14 April 2026 — See all updates
This call for evidence has closed

Detail of outcome

  • The aim of the call for evidence was to gather insights from the salaried and fee-paid judiciary, as well as judicial stakeholders, across the UK, to examine the systemic challenges facing the judiciary and salary structure.

  • We received a total of 2,893 responses to the call for evidence.

  • We will summarise our findings from these responses when the Major Review of the Judicial Salary Structure is published.

Original call for evidence

Summary

The Major Review of the Judicial Salary Structure: Call for Evidence questionnaire

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Call for evidence description

  • In May 2025, the Lord Chancellor commissioned the Review Body on Senior Salaries (SSRB) to carry out a Major Review of the Judicial Salary Structure.
  • Please note that this questionnaire has been designed to be answered by 3 types of respondent (organisations, individuals who are judges and individuals who are not judges). We encourage judges to respond as individuals rather than through Judicial Associations as we will be receiving evidence from the Judicial Associations through our formal written evidence process.
  • SSRB Judicial Lead, Mark Emerton, provides more information on the Call for Evidence in this letter to the judiciary.
  • If you would like to see the substantive questions in advance of completing the questionnaire, to support your response, please refer to this PDF version of the substantive questions.

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Published 17 November 2025
Last updated 14 April 2026 show all updates

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