Magistrates: Ethnic Groups
(asked on 12th December 2017) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of people on Advisory Committees on Justices of the Peace were of BAME origin in each year for which records are available.
The information requested can be found in the tables below.
| 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | |||
White - BRITISH, IRISH or White Other | 218 | 89% | 301 | 91% | 321 | 92% |
BAME | 28 | 11% | 30 | 9% | 29 | 8% |
Not Known | 94 |
| 26 |
| 25 |
|
TOTAL | 340 | 357 | 375 | |||
| (declaration: 72%) | (declaration: 93%) | (declaration: 93%) | |||
| 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | |||
White - BRITISH, IRISH or White Other | 427 | 94% | 557 | 94% | 669 | 94% |
BAME | 29 | 6% | 34 | 6% | 42 | 6% |
Not Known | 45 |
| 53 |
| 57 |
|
TOTAL | 501 | 644 | 768 | |||
| (declaration: 91%) | (declaration: 92%) | (declaration: 93%) | |||
| 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | |||
White - BRITISH, IRISH or White Other | 628 | 94% | 512 | 95% | 398 | 94% |
BAME | 39 | 6% | 29 | 5% | 24 | 6% |
Not Known | 57 |
| 63 |
| 57 |
|
TOTAL | 724 | 604 | 479 | |||
| (declaration: 92%) | (declaration: 90%) | (declaration: 88%) | |||
| 2006 | 2005 | ||
White - BRITISH, IRISH or White Other | 351 | 95% | 283 | 94% |
BAME | 20 | 5% | 18 | 6% |
Not Known | 33 |
| 19 |
|
TOTAL | 404 | 320 | ||
| (declaration: 92%) | (declaration: 94%) | ||