Magistrates
(asked on 2nd July 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people served as magistrates in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
This question was answered on 14th July 2014
The total numbers of magistrates serving in England and Wales in each of the past five years is as follows:
2013-2014 – 21,613
2012-2013 – 23,244
2011-2012 – 25,155
2010-2011 – 26,966
2009-2010 – 29,270
The reduction in the overall number of serving magistrates is a natural consequence of falling workloads in the magistrates' courts, due to factors such as falling crime combined with the relatively steady levels of retirements and resignations.