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<p>The most recent 2021 Judicial Diversity statistics indicate that while the proportion
of Asian and mixed ethnicity individuals in the judiciary has increased since 2014,
the proportion of Black judges has stayed the same. On 9 December 2021, the Judicial
Appointments Commission (JAC) published an Ad Hoc Analysis of Candidate Progression
Through Judicial Selection Tools, which reported that in legal exercises, success
rates for Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates were lower, even when other
significant factors were held constant. The JAC is leading further investigation into
the types of professional pools from which legally qualified candidates are drawn
and how this may be playing a part in the observed disparities.</p><p> </p><p>The
table below reports the number of applicants who declared they came from Black, Asian
and minority ethnic backgrounds that the JAC recommended for judicial appointment
in each financial year from 2015/16 onwards (data is not available by calendar year)
and as a percentage of the overall recommendations. The figures are for legal judicial
appointments and do not include any data on non-legal judicial appointments.</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number
of recommendations for judicial appointments (per financial year) that declared as
coming from a Black, Asian and minority ethnic background</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Percentage
of all those recommended for judicial appointment who declared as coming from a Black,
Asian and minority ethnic background</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015
– 2016</strong></p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016
– 2017</strong></p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017
– 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018
– 2019</strong></p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2019
– 2020</strong></p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2020
– 2021</strong></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>14%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>The total number of recommendations the JAC makes varies each year depending
on which exercises are run.</p><p>Actual appointments rather than recommendations
for appointment have only been reported since 2020. There were 21 new Black, Asian
and minority ethnic lawyers appointed as judges in 2019/20 and 42 in 2020/21. There
can be a time lag between JAC recommending candidates and the appointment being made.
These numbers do not include judges that have moved office or been promoted in year
and do not include appointments of non-legal tribunal members.</p><p> </p>
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