Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Magistrates' clerks were employed in Wales in 2010.
Justices’ clerks are the principal legal advisers to the magistrates. Each Magistrates’ Court sit with a legal adviser.
On 30 September 2016 there were 2 justices’ clerks employed in Wales.
On 30 November 2010 there were 5 justices’ clerks employed in Wales.