United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 4575
Magistrates' Courts
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18 May 2022
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23 May 2022 · Answer
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23 May 2022
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of magistrates now sitting in-person on the bench in courts for trials following the removal of covid-19 restrictions in courts.
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18 May 2022
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of magistrates now sitting in-person on the bench in courts for trials following the removal of covid-19 restrictions in courts.
Source: Commons
23 May 2022
Answer
Magistrates are legally required to sit in benches of two for trials, but more usually they would sit as benches of three. During the pandemic, trials continued to be dealt with by magistrates sitting in person, but to ensure social distancing, magistrate...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-18/4575
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1464264
- uk · wq-1464264 · source updated 23 May 2022