Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the date that a vacancy to become a Magistrate on the Shropshire bench was a) advertised b) recruited to.

For the Family Court, the most recent Shropshire vacancies were advertised from 1 February 2024 and closed on 29 February 2024. For the Adult (crime) Court, the vacancies were advertised from 2 July 2024 and closed on 29 July 2024.

Appointments to the Shropshire bench arising from these campaigns were made in June and July 2025.

We expect Shropshire to open its next recruitment in May 2026.