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Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the socio-economic background is of each member of the bench of the Youth Court.


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Shailesh Vara
This question was answered on 1st May 2014

The Government is committed to judicial diversity - it is important that magistrates reflect the diverse communities in which they serve.

To provide the requested information would require each of the 47 local advisory committees to check the individual personal records of all of the youth court magistrates in their respective areas. This would incur disproportionate costs. Information on magistrates' diversity more generally is published on the judiciary website: http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications-and-reports/statistics/magistrates-statistics

In relation to the honourable Member's question about the age profile of magistrates who sit in the youth court, I can clarify that the statutory retirement age for all magistrates is 70.

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