Magistrates: Shropshire

(asked on 11th November 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many justices of the peace served at Telford Magistrates Court in each of the last six years.


Answered by
Heidi Alexander Portrait
Heidi Alexander
Secretary of State for Transport
This question was answered on 19th November 2024

Magistrates that sit at Telford Magistrates’ Court are appointed to the Shropshire Bench. The Shropshire Bench covers Telford and Kidderminster Magistrates Court and the magistrates may be required to sit at any of these courts. The table below shows the number of magistrates on the Shropshire Bench (existing members and new appointments) for the years requested:

2024

76

2023

75

2022

82

2021

87

2020

82

2019

91

The Staffordshire and West Mercia Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace’s recruitment plans are published here: Advisory Committee Recruitment Plan - Magistrates Recruitment.

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