United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 66163
Magistrates: Vacancies
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9 July 2025
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17 July 2025 · Answer
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Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of unfilled magistrate vacancies on 9 July 2025.
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9 July 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the number of unfilled magistrate vacancies on 9 July 2025.
Source: Commons
17 July 2025
Answer
We do not have a set number of magistrate vacancies. Magistrate recruitment targets are set on an annual basis covering 1 April to 31 March. As of 1 April 2025, there were 14,636 magistrates in post. We are aiming to recruit around 2,000 magistrates in 20...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-07-09/66163
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1821190
- uk · wq-1821190 · source updated 17 July 2025