Question follow-through · 45975
Magistrates
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the length of the longest serving Magistrate in each Justice area.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 17 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 24 Apr 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
17 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what is the length of the longest serving Magistrate in each Justice area.
24 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Apr 2025
Answer published
In the majority of the 75 Local Justice Areas across England and Wales, the current longest-serving magistrate for each has been in post for over thirty years, with many of these serving in excess of 40 years. In Shropshire, the longest service is 38 year...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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