§ Mr. Frank FieldTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what arrangements are made for the payment of magistrates court clerks; and to what extent local authorities are concerned with those arrangements.
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Mr. John M. TaylorThe salaries and other expenses of magistrates' court clerks are met by the local paying authorities who are reimbursed up to 80 per cent. of those costs by specific grant from my Department. However, court clerks are actually employed by the local magistrates' courts committee which must agree its overall budget with its paying authority. Additionally, the joint negotiating committee for magistrates' courts staff, the national body which negotiates the salaries and conditions of service for court clerks, includes local authority representatives on the management side.