Speeches

Lord Beecham – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Beecham on 2015-11-09.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the percentage of magistrates resigning since 1 April broken down by (1) age, (2) ethnicity, and (3) gender.

Lord Faulks

The information requested is provided in the tables below:

Resignations

1 Apr. – 1 Nov. 2015

1 Apr. – 1 Nov. 2014

584

606

Percentage breakdown of resignations since 1 April 2015

Age

Ethnicity

Gender

>30yrs

31-40yrs

41-50yrs

51-60yrs

61-70yrs

White / BAME*

Male / Female

>1%

4%

11%

21%

63%

91% / 9%

52% / 48%

* BAME = Black and Minority Ethnic