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Magistrates

Question for Ministry of Justice

UIN HL5366, tabled on 25 January 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are (1) the mean, and (2) the median, number of full days lay magistrates sit per year.

Answered on

8 February 2016

In the year for which the most recent data is available (2014/15), the mean number of full day sittings undertaken by magistrates was 19. The information necessary to provide the median number could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.