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<p>This Government takes the issue of judicial diversity very seriously and has taken
steps to improve representation, while still appointing the best people for the job.</p><p>
</p><p>We have introduced the equal merit provision, extended salaried part time working
to make it easier to balance home and work life and introduced a statutory duty for
the Lord Chancellor and Lord Chief Justice to encourage judicial diversity.</p><p>
</p><p>The ethnic and age profiles of District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) and Deputy
District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) appointed in 2014 are as follows:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Four
District Judges (Magistrates’ Courts) were appointed, one of whom declared themselves
to be Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic; three were in the 50-59 age range and one was
in the 40-49 age range.</li><li>No Deputy District Judges (Magistrates’ Court) were
appointed.</li></ul><p> </p><p>No information is recorded about the socio-economic
backgrounds of salaried and fee paid judicial office-holders.</p><p> </p><p>The tables
below show the 244 magistrates appointed in England and Wales in 2014 broken down
by socio-economic, ethnicity and age category.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Socio-economic
category</strong></p><p> </p><p>Socio-economic category has been interpreted to mean
occupational group.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Occupation</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manager
or senior official</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional occupation</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Associate
professional or technical occupation</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Administrative
or secretarial occupation</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skilled trades
occupation</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal service occupation</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sales
or customer service occupation</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Process, plant
or machine operative</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elementary occupation</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Never
been in paid employment</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not in paid employment</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retired</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Self-employed</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p><strong>Table 2: Ethniciy</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Ethnicity</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mixed</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Asian</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chinese</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Any
Other</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>
</strong></p><p><strong>Table 3: Age</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Age</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Under
30</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-39</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40-49</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-59</p></td><td><p>79</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60
& over</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>244</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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