HL Deb 23 January 1975 vol 356 c304WA
Baroness WOOTTON of ABINGER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What are the numbers at present on the active list of (a) Metropolitan and stipendiary magistrates; (b) lay justices.

The LORD CHANCELLOR

In England and Wales there are 39 Metropolitan stipendiary magistrates and 10 stipendiary magistrates outside London. (The number outside London will be increased to 11 on the 10th February.) There are 19,454 lay justices on the active list.

House adjourned at twenty-four minutes past seven o'clock.