Kate Green – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kate Green on 2016-02-19.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of judges have received (i) diversity training since 1 January 2012 and (ii) no such training; and what proportion of such training included transgender issues.

Mr Shailesh Vara

Judicial training is a matter for the judiciary. The Judicial College organises training on behalf of the Lord Chief Justice and Senior President of Tribunals.

All judges and magistrates receive diversity training during their induction training with social context issues, including diversity also forming part of their continuation training. Equality and diversity issues are also woven into all course materials. The Judicial College has also issued an Equal Treatment Bench Book which provides guidance on the range of equal treatment issues likely to arise in courts and tribunals, and includes transgender issues. This is publicly available at https://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications/equal-treatment-bench-book/

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