HC Deb 02 March 1999 vol 326 c715W
Mr. Lansley

To ask the Minister of State, Lord Chancellor's Department how many visits by magistrates have taken place under the community project scheme run by the Magistrates' Association and partially funded by his Department at(a) schools and (b) community groups, since the scheme began. [73613]

Mr. Hoon

The Magistrates in the Community Project was established in 1995 and was developed from the Schools Project. In the last three years there were 5,400 visits to schools and 1,980 visits to community groups, a total of 7,380 visits.