| Heading: |
Magistrates: Standards |
| Question ID: |
1761445 |
| UIN: |
28388 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2025-02-03 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5186 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Bradley Thomas
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| Asking Member handle: |
BradleyThomasUK
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@BradleyThomasUK
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of numbers of magistrates. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-11 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
5204 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Sarah Sackman
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| Answer text: |
The Government is committed to increasing the number of magistrates and we aim to recruit up to 2,000 magistrates per year. We are investing in recruitment to ensure that we build a larger and more diverse group of magistrates to meet the needs of our cou... |
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| Answering body ID: |
54 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Justice |
| Tweeted: |
true |