Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Magistrates have been awarded a Royal Honour due to their service as a Magistrate in each year for which data is available.

Over the last five years, the Ministry of Justice has recorded that there have been 56 magistrates awarded UK national honours. Records are not kept for longer than five years. Many more than this have been nominated across all Departments, but not all are successful. This number does not include the Birthday Honours List for 2025 which is not due to be published until 14 June 2025.

The breakdown by year (across two lists per year) is as follows:

2020: 11

2021: 9

2022: 8

2023: 9

2024: 12

2025 (One list only so far): 7