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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1140163/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Information on how many Recorders have sat to hear cases in each year has only been held centrally since 2017/18. The below table, however, sets out the number of Recorders in post at 1<sup>st<\/sup> April of each year since 2010. We expect Recorders in post to have been offered the opportunity to sit.<\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year<\/p><\/td><td><p>Number of Recorders<sup>1<\/sup><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,233<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,221<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,155<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,196<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,126<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2015<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,031<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2016<\/p><\/td><td><p>1,130<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2017<\/p><\/td><td><p>920<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2018<\/p><\/td><td><p>830<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2019<\/p><\/td><td><p>873<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><sup>1 <\/sup>Figures are at 1st April of each year.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Some Recorders hold more than one judicial appointment. In such cases, the appointment that the judicial office holder undertakes for the majority of their time is known as their primary appointment. In order to avoid double counting of judges, this table shows figures for primary appointments only and as such will not count judges whose appointment as a Recorder is not their primary appointment.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Figures are from the published Judicial Diversity Statistics which can be found here: <a href=\"https://www.judiciary.uk/publication-type/statistics/\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.judiciary.uk/publication-type/statistics/<\/a><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>Recorders sit mainly in the Crown, County and Family Courts. Figures on court sitting days are published on Gov.uk and the latest information covering 2018 is available here. It is part of the Royal Courts of Justice Annual Tables (which contain at Tables 5.1 and 5.2 a breakdown of sitting days by type of work and level of judge): <a href=\"https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-justice-statistics-quarterly-january-to-march-2019<\/a>. This information covers both England and Wales and is published annually.<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/388978/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The number of Recorders in post is published by the Judicial Office every year. The report for the number of Recorders in post as at 1 April 2015 will be available on 30 July at:<em> <a href=\"http://www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications/\" target=\"_blank\">www.judiciary.gov.uk/publications/<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>As at:<\/p><\/td><td><p>Numbers in post<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2014<\/p><\/td><td><p>1126<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2013<\/p><\/td><td><p>1196<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2012<\/p><\/td><td><p>1155<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2011<\/p><\/td><td><p>1020<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2010<\/p><\/td><td><p>1233<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p>The number of recorders who sit in court each year may differ from the number in post.<\/p>"}
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