Magistrates' Courts
(asked on 9th November 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) lay magistrates, (2) deputy district judges, and (3) district judges, are sitting in the magistrates courts.
This question was answered on 19th November 2015
As at 1 April 2015, when the latest annual appointments statistics for the judiciary were published, there were 19,634 magistrates, 115 deputy district judges (magistrates’ courts) and 138 district judges (magistrates' courts) serving in England and Wales. These figures are published on the Judiciary website.