UK Ministry of Justice

11/12/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 11/12/2024 07:50

Diversity of the judiciary: 2024 statistics

Official Statistics

Diversity of the judiciary: 2024 statistics

Annual official statistics on judicial diversity in England and Wales covering the current judiciary, judicial appointments and legal professions.

From: Ministry of Justice Published 11 July 2024 Last updated 12 November 2024 - See all updates
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This bulletin presents the latest statistics on judicial diversity for England and Wales, covering:

  • court and tribunal judges, non-legal members of tribunals, judges sitting in retirement, and magistrates in post as at 1 April 2024

  • judicial selection exercises completed during the financial year ending 31 March 2024, with additional data on judicial selection exercises completed between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2024

  • magistrates recruitment in 2022-23 and 2023-24

  • legal professions as at 1 April 2024

These statistics provide the main source for monitoring patterns and trends in judicial diversity, and bring together in one place diversity statistics for those in post, during selection and for the legal professions which are the source of much of the judiciary.

The supporting user guide and quality statement provide background information on the judiciary, definitions, methodology used, the quality of the statistics and other useful sources of related information.

Statistics for years prior to 2020 were published in the Judicial Office judicial diversity statistics and by the Judicial Appointments Commission.

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Published 11 July 2024
Last updated 12 November 2024 + show all updates
  1. 12 November 2024

    It was identified that on tables 3_1_JO_Appt and 3_2_JO_Area, the declaration of ethnicity and professional background for new entrants were incomplete. These have now been rectified and revised tables have now been uploaded. These updated figures have also been reflected in the report, in Figures 20 and 26 and the accompanying text.

  2. 11 July 2024

    First published.

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