Magistrates: Recruitment
Commons · Question 10283 · Tabled 16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled "Faster and fairer justice for victims thanks to major magistrate recruitment drive", published on 16 April 2026, (a) how many times the national taskforc
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 24 Jun 2026
The National Magistrates Recruitment Taskforce launched in April 2026. It is a team made up of HMCTS and Judicial Office administrative staff, set up to provide additional resource and national coordination support to the independent Recruitment Advisory ...