Justices of the Peace

HC Deb 09 May 1996 vol 277 cc200-1W

Mr. Cox

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the present number of(a) men and (b) women from ethnic minority communities who are justices of the peace, serving courts in the Greater London area. [27953]

Mr. Jonathan Evans

Information is only available in respect of three of the six Greater London commissions of the peace.

	Male	Female	Total
City of London	1	3	4
Inner London	67	45	112
Middlesex	Not available	—	144

No information is currently available in respect of the North-East, South-East and South-West London commissions.