§ Sir R. Glynasked the Home Secretary how many magistrates are engaged in how many juvenile courts; how many are 1034W women; and into what age group do these justices fall from the age of 40 years upwards in periods of five years?
§ Mr. H. MorrisonThe panels of justices appointed to adjudicate in juvenile courts in pursuance of the Juvenile Courts (Constitution) Rules, 1933, came up for re-appointment last November. The names and addresses of the justices so appointed have to be reported to the Home Office, and in a circular from the Home Office reminding courts of this requirement they were asked also to give the ages of the justices. There are 989 juvenile courts in England and Wales and up to the present 792 have sent in their lists which comprise the names of 6,995 justices (5,020 men and 1,975 women). The ages of the justices have been given only in respect of 600 of these panels and a classification of the ages in five-year groups gives the following results:
— Men Women Total Under 40 58 75 133 40–44 95 75 170 45–49 195 118 313 50–54 365 221 586 55–59 571 248 819 60–64 752 310 1,062 65–69 731 232 963 70–74 447 148 595 75–79 256 57 313 80–84 60 11 71 85–89 10 3 13 Over 90 1 — 1 3,541 1,498 5,039