A more diverse judiciary is important in retaining the public's confidence and trust in justice, and better reflecting the society it serves. This Government has made a number of changes through the Crime and Courts Act 2013 that we believe will promote judicial diversity. We have introduced part time working in the senior courts, including the Supreme Court, we have enabled the equal merit provision for judicial appointments to allow protected characteristics to be taken into account where two applicants are of equal merit, and a statutory duty for the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice to encourage judicial diversity. There were no new deputy master, deputy registrar, deputy cost judge and deputy district judge appointments in 2010 or 2011. There were no new deputy judge advocate appointments in 2010 or 2011. There were no new recorder appointments in 2011. There were no new judge advocate appointments in 2011. There were no new deputy district judge appointments in 2012. The data requested concerning new appointments for the other judicial offices are not routinely published and will require extraction from the Judicial Database. I will write to the right hon. Member when it becomes available.