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<p /> <p>The responsibility for the training of Magistrates lies with the Lord Chief
Justice as head of the judiciary and is exercised through the Judicial College.</p><p>
</p><p>In May 2009, the former Judicial Studies Board set out guidance on the status
of training and on attendance at training events by magistrates. There are three categories
of training: 1) compulsory 2) essential and 3) desirable. Compulsory training arises
out of the s.10 (4) Courts Act 2003 which sets out where induction training must take
place. Essential training provides consolidation and continuation training and also
“specific issues training”. The latter is where major legislative or procedural changes
take place which magistrates are expected to be familiar with and where attendance
at training events will be expected. Desirable training is what is provided beyond
the compulsory and essential elements and the full training delivery programme is
determined locally by each Magistrates Area Training Committee taking in to account
local training needs.</p><p> </p><p>Under the Protocol for the National Minimum Training
provision for Magistrates, HMCTS must provide the resources for the delivery of all
compulsory and essential training identified in each MATC Training Plan. The MATC
will prioritise the delivery of desirable training from any additional training funds
that may be available.</p><p>Each (MATC) provides a return to the Judicial College
on their activities for the year. The returns show that all compulsory and essential
training has been completed but it is not possible to extract from the returns the
total number of magistrates who attended “desirable” training during 2013/14 in accordance
with the Judicial College definition. The range of “desirable” training events covered
overall is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Advisory Training,</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications,
Road Traffic & Effective Questioning in Court training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appraisal
Continuation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appraiser Panel Bite Size training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Appraiser
Refresher</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allocation Training and Mental Health Presentation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BTDC
Interviewing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BTDC New Member Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Case
Management/Adjournment Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Orders and Suspended
Sentences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Community Orders and Suspended Sentences/update
on the role of LA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Court Sitting</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown
Court Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dealing with young and vulnerable people in
court</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Presentation on Access to Substance Misuse Treatment
within DRR & ATR Orders</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Refresher Training covering LASPO
, Allocation, Freeman of the land, & Case Management</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fines
Enforcement Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Focus on Fairness</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Follow
up session - New JPs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Locally Identified Training Need - Metal
Theft Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Training Conferences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Loopholes
in Road Traffic Law</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MA AGM & Annual Training Event</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Magistrates'
Association Training Conferences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mentor Continuation Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mentor
Development</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Prison Visit for core training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Probation
Projects & Restorative Justice Training Event</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Probation
Training Day</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Refresher Appraiser Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Restorative
Justice</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic Act</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Traffic
Special Reasons and Exceptional Hardship</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Role Play Session
for Trainee Chairmen</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentencer Engagement Events</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special
Appeals Panel</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Speech, Language Communication Needs Workshop</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Online
training - Mental Health and learning Disabilities in criminal courts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Search
Warrant Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Speeding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TDC Member
Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TDC New Member Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TDC
Recruitment & Selection Training</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Youth Offending Service
events</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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