Magistrates: Training
(asked on 28th October 2014) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much HM Courts and Tribunal Service has spent on the expenses of magistrates undergoing training or development not provided by the Judicial College in each of the last five years; and what proportion of those expenses costs were taken up by travel.
The table below provides details of expenditure by HM Courts and Tribunals Service on the expenses of magistrates undergoing local training or development in each of the last five years.
Period | Travel & Subsistence | Loss of Earnings (Financial Loss Allowance) | Total * |
2009/10 | £628,566 | £284,231 | £912,797 |
2010/11 | £525,091 | £188,745 | £713,837 |
2011/12 | £405,888 | £159,786 | £565,674 |
2012/13 | £456,120 | £145,741 | £601,861 |
2013/14 | £374,554 | £94,646 | £469,200 |
* Figures may not sum to total due to rounding
The training consists of the minimum annual provision which has to be provided to Magistrates as agreed between the Judicial College and HMCTS. It also includes any training deemed necessary by each Magistrates Area Training Committee (MATC).
It is not possible to break down the travel expenses separately, due to the way the information is recorded on the database.