§ Mr. Stallardasked the Attorney-General if he will give details of payments made to jurors whose employers pay the individuals concerned their normal earnings and for those jurors whose employers make no such payments.
§ The Attorney-GeneralPayments which may be made to jurors are prescribed by the Jurors' Allowances Regulations 1974, as amended. All persons who attend for service as jurors are entitled to receive their travelling expenses, together with a subsistence allowance. A financial loss allowance is payable to persons who actually lose earnings or national insurance benefit by reason of jury service up to a maximum of £6.70 a day for the first 10 days' continuous service and to a maximum of £13.40 a day for every day beyond the first 10 days. These amounts were last increased in September 1974 and are currently under review.
§ Mr. Stallardasked the Attorney-General on what basis payments to jurors are protected against the effects of inflation.
§ The Attorney-GeneralThe rates of travelling and subsistence allowances payable to jurors are reviewed from time to 99W time in the light of economic circumstances. Travelling and subsistence allowances were increased as recently as last May, and loss of earnings allowances in September last year; all are at present again under review.