Magistrates: Recruitment

(asked on 12th February 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the maximum number of magistrates that each magistrate advisory committee in England and Wales can recruit each year.


Answered by
Lord Keen of Elie Portrait
Lord Keen of Elie
Shadow Minister (Justice)
This question was answered on 21st February 2019

The number of magistrates required for each local justice area is agreed annually by the judiciary, in consultation with HMCTS. There is no prescribed maximum number.

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