Speeches

Sadiq Khan – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2015-02-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average age was of a magistrate on 1 April (a) 1989, (b) 1994, (c) 2000, (d) 2005, (e) 2010 and (f) 2014.

Mr Shailesh Vara

We encourage applications from people from all walks of life who have the necessary skills, and we will continue to work to ensure that our magistrates reflect the make-up of modern Britain.

Average age data for the magistracy is not recorded for 1989, 1994, and 2000. The available data is shown below.

Year

Average Age

2005

56

2010

58

2014

59