§ Virginia BottomleyTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the average age is of(a) male and (b) female magistrates in (i) Surrey, (ii) the South East and (iii) England. [177373]
§ Mr. LeslieThis information is not accurately available in the format requested. We are able to provide numbers of magistrates within age bands, but not divided by gender, in (i) Surrey:
- Up to age 30: 0 magistrates
- 30–39: 10 magistrates
- 40–49: 68 magistrates
- 50–54: 67 magistrates
- 55–59: 90 magistrates
- 60–65: 87 magistrates
- 66 + : 44 magistrates.
(ii) the South East. (The South East region is comprised of Kent, Surrey, West Sussex, East Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire):
- Up to age 30: 0 magistrates
- 30–39: 126 magistrates
- 40–49: 546 magistrates
- 50–54: 581 magistrates
- 55–59: 1,004 magistrates
- 60–65: 846 magistrates
- 66 + : 354 magistrates
(iii) England (including the Duchy of Lancaster):
- Up to age 30: 22 magistrates
- 30–39: 968 magistrates
- 40–49: 4,377 magistrates
- 50–54: 4,401 magistrates
- 55–59: 7,343 magistrates
- 60–65: 7,004 magistrates
- 66 + : 2,663 magistrates.