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<p>The Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) is the executive non‑departmental public
body, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice, which selects candidates for judicial
office in courts and tribunals in England and Wales, and for some tribunals whose
jurisdiction extends across the UK, up to and including the High Court and Upper Tribunal.</p><p>
</p><p>JAC’s selection panels for selections up to and including the High Court and
Upper Tribunal, usually consist of a lay panel chair, an independent lay member and
a judicial member (nominated by the judiciary). Of those who declared diversity information,
62% of JAC lay panellists are female and 8% are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic
(‘BAME’) background.</p><p> </p><p>People making nominations to the selection panels
for senior posts and the UK Supreme Court must have regard (alongside other relevant
considerations) to the fact that it is desirable that the panel should include both
women and men and members drawn from a range of different racial groups (as defined
by the Equality Act 2010)</p><p> </p><p>I also refer to my honourable friend to my
answer to PQ 128124, in which she asked the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps
the Government is taking to increase judicial diversity.</p>
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