Kate Green – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2014-05-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the annual cost is of the (a) administration of advisory committees, (b) HM Courts and Tribunals Service staff servicing such committees and (c) training and recruiting members of such committees.

Mr Shailesh Vara

A local advisory committee is responsible for the recruitment of magistrates in a particular area, and for advising on issues relating to the conduct of magistrates following their appointment. The work of the committee is supported by HMCTS staff but the specific costs of administration for the committee and the costs of HMCTS staff supporting its work are not available as these are not recorded separately.

The cost of training advisory committee members in the financial year 2013/14 was £17,401.45