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.
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.