Magistrates
(asked on 6th January 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many lay magistrates are currently in post, broken down by (1) socio-economic, and (2) ethnic, categories.
The tables below contain the number of serving magistrates in England and Wales broken down by socio-economic category and ethnicity.
Table 1: Socio-economic category
Socio-economic category has been interpreted to mean occupational group. Magistrates provide information about their occupational status on appointment. Due to practical constraints, this information is not routinely updated; for example, when a magistrates changes occupation. The information below, therefore, reflects the position at the time of appointment.
Occupation | Number |
Manager or senior official | 4,080 |
Professional occupation | 6,267 |
Associate professional or technical occupation | 2,124 |
Administrative or secretarial occupation | 3,260 |
Skilled trades occupation | 398 |
Personal service occupation | 266 |
Sales or customer service occupation | 307 |
Process, plant or machine operative | 142 |
Elementary occupation | 123 |
Never been in paid employment | 29 |
Not in paid employment | 1,318 |
Retired | 760 |
Self-employed | 798 |
Unknown | 229 |
Total | 20,101 |
Table 2: Ethnicity
Ethnic Category | Number |
White | 18,271 |
Mixed | 130 |
Black | 599 |
Asian | 919 |
Chinese | 43 |
Any Other | 137 |
Unknown | 2 |
Total | 20,101 |