Written question asked by Chris Bryant (Labour) on Wednesday, 10 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 16 March 2021 (named day). It was answered by Chris Philp (Conservative) on Tuesday, 16 March 2021 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
Magistrates: Vacancies
- Question
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What recent estimate he has made of the number of magistrate vacancies.
- Answer
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The Government announced on 8 March its intention to bring forward legislation to change the mandatory retirement age for all judicial office holders, including magistrates, to 75 – a step which I know has been welcomed by many magistrates
We will also be legislating to allow retired magistrates to apply to return to the bench where there is a business need.
On 1 April 2020, there were 13,177 magistrates. We are currently updating our modelling to assess the impact of a change to the retirement age on our recruitment requirements in each region for 2021/22 and beyond.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 913481
- Session
- 2019-21
- Question not reached
- Yes
- Notes
- Date tabled listed on website as 16 Mar 2021
- Subjects
- Magistrates Vacancies
- Contains statistics
- Yes
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