HL Deb 24 October 1967 vol 285 c1642WA
BARONESS WOOTTON OF ABINGER

asked Her Majesty's Government:

The number of Justices of the Peace now on the active list; and the number of stipendiary and metropolitan magisstrates now in post as compared with the corresponding number five years ago.

THE LORD CHANCELLOR

The number of Justices of the Peace now on the active list is approximately 15,900. The present number of Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrates is 36, and the number of Provincial Stipendiary Magistrates is 12. In 1962 there were 31 Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrates and 13 Provincial Stipendiary Magistrates.