§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many senior(a) male and (b) female judges from an ethnic minority background sit in courts in England and Wales; and if he will state the position held by each such judge. [32913]
§ Mr. StreeterThe table sets out the figures for male and female holders of judicial office believed to be of ethnic minority origin as at 1 June 1996. The figures for ethnic minority office holders are believed to be correct, but as the ethnic origin of candidates for judicial appointment was not recorded prior to the autumn of 1991, the numbers may be incomplete.
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Judiciary Of ethnic minority origin Male (ethnic minority) Female (ethnic minority) Full-time Judiciary Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 0 0 0 Heads of Division 0 0 0 Lords Justices of Appeal 0 0 0 High Court Judges 0 0 0 Circuit Judges (including Official Referees) 5 4 1 District Judges 2 0 2 Stipendiary Magistrates 2 1 1 Part-time Judiciary Recorders 13 12 1 Assistant Recorders 9 6 3 Deputy District Judges 12 8 4 Acting Stipendiary Magistrates 2 2 0