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<p>Each magistrate in England and Wales is assigned to a local justice area. I have
therefore interpreted the reference to ‘local authority area’ in the question to mean
local justice area.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 provides the number of magistrates in each
local justice area along with their gender and ethnic breakdown.</p><p> </p><p>The
number of magistrates recruited in each local justice area is dictated by the business
needs of the magistrates’ courts. Due in part to falling crime levels, the workload
of the magistrates’ court has reduced in recent years. Table 2 provides the number
of magistrates recruited in each local justice area in the last five years.</p><p>
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