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Judicial Appointments Annual Report 2001-2002

ANNEX G - Judges and Lay Magistrates in post

Table 1. Judges in post (excluding Tribunals)

1 APRIL 2002
 
 Total Male Female White Black Asian Other
Lords of Appeal in Ordinary 12 12 0 12      
Heads of Division              
(excluding the Lord Chancellor)
 4 3 1 4      
Lords Justices of Appeal 35 33 2 35      
High Court Judges 105 99 6 105      
Circuit Judges (inc. Technology
             
and Construction) 604 548 56 597 1 3 3
Recorders1 1326 1164 162 1287 17 15 7
District Judges              
(including Family Division) 434 354 80 422 1 7 4
Deputy District Judges
             
(including Family Division) 775 621 154 763 3 5 4
District Judges              
(Magistrates' Courts)2 103* 83 20 100 0 2 1
Deputy District Judges
             
(Magistrates' Courts)2 156 126 30 147 3 4
2
Total 3554 3043 511 3472 25 36 21
% of Total 100 85.62 14.38 97.69 0.70 1.01
0.59

1 On 12 April 2000 the Lord Chancellor announced that no useful purpose was served by having the separate offices of Assistant Recorder and Recorder. From that date all appointments have been direct to Recorder and existing Assistant Recorders have become Recorders.

2 On 31 August 2000 Stipendiary Magistrates and Acting Stipendiary Magistrates were renamed District Judges (Magistrates' Courts) and Deputy District Judges (Magistrates' Courts) respectively.

* Total does not include the Senior District Judge (chief magistrate) and her Deputy.

 

Table 2. Tribunals and other offices appointed by the Lord Chancellor

1 APRIL 2002

 
President/Chairman etc.
Deputy Chairman etc.
Members/Others
Male Female White Other Origin Male Female White Other Origin Male Female White Other Origin
Adjudication Panel (England) 1 1 5 2 7
Adjudicator for HM Land Registry
Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objectors 1 1
Agricultural Arbitrators 70 1 71
Agricultural Land 5 5 12 3 15 209 9
Arbitrators under the Motor Insurance Bureau 4 1 5
Bureau de Change
Care Standards Tribunal 8 5 13
Commons Commissioners 1 1 1 1
Competition Commission Appeal Tribunal
Copyright Tribunal 1 1
Employment Appeal Tribunal 13 3 16 48 25 67 6
Employment Tribunal 103 16 113 6 185 62 237 10 1 1
Family Health Service Appeal Authority 1 1 52 28 71 9
Financial Services and Markets Tribunal 7 1 8 15 4 19
Foreign Compensation Commission
Immigration Adjudicators 53 26 69 10 299 110 362 47
Immigration Appeal Tribunal 14 2 14 2 61 18 64 5
Immigration Service Tribunal 1 1 10 3 10 3
Independent School Tribunal 3 2 5
Information Tribunal/Data Protection Act
Land Tribunal 1 1 4 4
London Bus Service Permit Appeals Tribunal 1 1
Mental Health Review Tribunal 4 2 6 518 287 737 68
Misuse of Drugs 1 1
Parking Adjudicators (England & Wales) 26 13 37 2
Pension Appeals Tribunal 19 1 20 26 9 32 3 124 9 133
Plant Varieties and Seed Tribunal
Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission 8 1 9
Reinstatement Committees and Umpires 17 2 19
Rent Assessment Panels 144 58 195 7
Reserve Forces Appeal Tribunal 13 2 13 2 73 30 102 1
Restricted Patients Panel 171 25 194 1
Restrictive Practices Court 2 2
Road Users Congested Charging (Legal)
Section 706 Tribunal
Social Security & Child Support Commissioners 42 17 58 1
Special Commissioners of Income Tax 14 2 16
Special Educational Needs Tribunal 1 1 9 8 17
Special Immigration Appeals Commission 2 2 49 1 49 1
The Appeal Tribunals 50 25 73 2 1 1 1728 866 2397 197
Trade Marks Tribunal 1 1 2
Transport Tribunal 1 1 1 1 1
VAT & Duties Tribunal 5 1 6 30 7 37
Totals 437 143 551 27 593 205 736 62 3238 1344 4058 294

 

Table 3. Lay Magistrates (excluding Duchy of Lancaster) ­ 1 April 2002

Commission Area Total
Age
Gender
Political Affiliation
Ethnic background
    Under 40 40­
49		 50­
59		 60­
69		 Male Female Conservative Labour Liberal
Democrat		 Plaid
Cymru		 Other

Uncommitted Not
known ­none

 White Black Asian Other Not
known
Avon and Somerset 850 30 157 386 277 416 434 274 180 142 0 36 218 821 16 9 4 0
Bedfordshire 284 14 45 140 85 143 141 108 59 33 0 14 70 258 6 15 5 0
Cambridgeshire 356 7 76 167 106 174 182 136 80 40 0 25 75 346 2 6 0 2
Cheshire 481 27 93 210 151 243 238 170 135 51 1 67 57 471 2 6 2 0
City of London 117 5 31 50 31 54 63 43 20 12 0 9 33 100 12 2 3 0
Cleveland 444 19 92 204 129 242 202 161 140 40 0 39 64 425 0 10 5 4
Cumbria 317 8 50 157 102 158 159 110 65 22 0 7 113 314 1 1 1 0
Derbyshire 449 16 65 210 158 233 216 167 124 59 0 23 76 435 4 8 2 0
Devon and Cornwall 693 17 95 335 246 347 346 261 106 127 0 78 121 686 0 2 4 1
Dorset 322 5 54 146 117 169 153 142 34 69 0 26 51 316 2 3 0 1
Durham 307 15 51 149 92 171 136 67 116 19 0 20 85 301 2 4 0 0
Dyfed 270 5 53 128 84 155 115 66 64 35 43 22 40 269 0 1 0 0
East Sussex 396 8 64 174 150 188 208 152 77 45 0 36 86 387 1 4 3 1
Essex 637 13 96 338 190 327 310 256 121 103 0 53 104 625 7 3 1 1
Gloucestershire 287 4 46 127 110 157 130 144 40 42 0 29 32 277 4 5 1 0
Gwent 293 9 36 140 108 161 132 71 78 22 7 2 113 285 2 5 1 0
Hampshire 782 39 135 374 234 390 392 272 148 129 0 43 190 758 4 9 11 0
Hereford and Worcester 407 10 71 197 129 217 190 190 92 53 0 29 43 400 1 3 3 0
Hertfordshire 438 24 99 182 133 213 225 147 105 60 0 49 77 419 6 8 2 3
Humberside 444 15 78 213 138 218 226 184 113 47 0 36 64 437 0 5 2 0
Inner London 778 38 119 334 287 316 462 287 246 97 0 90 58 652 78 16 18 14
Isle of Wight 65 4 13 26 22 35 30 27 6 9 0 5 18 63 2 0 0 0
Kent 815 22 143 390 260 436 379 335 151 126 0 52 151 781 7 19 8 0
Leicestershire 513 20 95 233 165 264 249 181 114 64 0 16 138 470 12 24 7 0
Lincolnshire 394 14 61 196 123 190 204 167 72 55 2 53 45 388 0 5 1 0
Middlesex 931 43 164 424 300 434 497 341 288 91 0 78 133 757 74 72 23 5
Norfolk 437 11 63 219 144 219 218 160 99 66 0 29 83 428 1 2 4 2
North East London 549 39 109 251 150 293 256 126 197 49 0 30 147 443 58 34 13 1
North Yorkshire 368 14 69 170 115 186 182 146 70 58 0 21 73 362 0 2 4 0
Northamptonshire 332 10 54 150 118 171 161 166 76 54 0 4 32 314 7 11 0 0
Northumberland 191 8 35 67 81 93 98 65 43 26 1 3 53 191 0 0 0 0
North Wales 393 7 44 196 146 223 170 134 100 73 48 24 14 390 0 2 1 0
Nottinghamshire 666 33 105 294 234 335 331 246 183 73 0 9 155 633 14 14 5 0
Powys 82 1 15 40 26 46 36 26 11 15 3 13 14 82 0 0 0 0
Shropshire 253 5 48 117 83 139 114 93 65 52 0 14 29 248 1 2 2 0
South East London 412 18 87 180 127 214 198 147 102 61 0 15 87 368 22 14 7 1
South Wales 576 23 103 250 200 294 282 133 172 75 18 27 151 556 6 7 7 0
South West London 376 9 61 190 116 182 194 163 75 79 0 31 28 352 10 5 7 2
South Yorkshire 736 39 130 320 247 380 356 205 252 106 0 29 144 701 10 18 7 0
Staffordshire 568 19 117 248 184 300 268 201 177 55 0 51 84 546 2 18 1 1
Suffolk 326 8 48 170 100 175 151 101 56 52 1 14 102 318 1 3 4 0
Surrey 369 19 72 159 119 166 203 153 63 37 0 50 66 358 2 3 6 0
Thames Valley 966 35 164 480 287 452 514 358 188 131 0 44 245 906 23 28 8 1
Tyne and Wear 759 33 141 359 226 404 355 208 271 97 0 52 131 734 5 10 9 1
Warwickshire 205 4 39 107 55 96 109 77 50 39 0 18 21 189 3 12 1 0
West Glamorgan 266 7 33 107 119 139 127 73 107 33 11 1 41 261 0 3 2 0
West Midlands 1706 86 342 727 551 902 804 578 552 183 0 125 268 1495 73 118 12 8
West Sussex 346 16 65 156 109 177 169 121 79 54 0 21 71 335 3 6 2 0
West Yorkshire 1298 70 257 605 366 665 633 386 444 162 0 46 260 1180 31 73 10 4
Wiltshire 276 5 51 128 92 137 139 115 47 48 0 32 34 267 3 5 0 1
Totals 24526 950 4334 11320 7922 12439 12087 8640 6253 3270 135 1640 4588 23098 520 635 219 54
Percentages 100% 3.87 17.67 46.16 32.3 50.72 49.28 35.23 25.5 13.33 0.55 6.69 18.7 94.18 2.12 2.59 0.89 0.22

 

Table 4. Lay Magistrates in post (Duchy of Lancaster) ­ 1 April 2002

Commission Area Total Age Gender Political Affiliation Ethnic background
Under 40 40-49 50-59 60-69 Male Female Conser-vative Labour Liberal Democrat Other

Uncommitted Not Known ­ None

 White Black Asian Other Not known
Greater Manchester 1922 75 326 888 633 981 941 552 621 249 18 482 1786 41 78 17 0
Lancashire 1071 27 148 521 375 577 494 284 255 74 96 362 936 3 38 11 83
Merseyside 960 39 158 411 352 501 459 247 238 139 26 310 932 8 12 8 0
Totals 3953 141 632 1820 1360 2059 1894 1083 1114 462 140 1154 3654 52 128 36 83
Percentages 100% 3.57 15.99 46.04 34.40 47.91 27.40 28.18 28.18 11.69 3.54 29.19 92.44 1.31 3.24 0.91 2.10

 

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