PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Judiciary and Prisons (11 June 2020)
Question Asked
Asked by:
Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat)
Answer
Following the recommendations of the Lammy Review, we have appointed a Senior BAME Staff Recruitment and Progression Lead to the MoJ Resourcing Team working closely with four BAME Progression Leads in HMPPS.
We have implemented improvements to our recruitment processes to reduce time and cost to hire, increase the diversity of new recruits and ensure we attract the right people with the right skills.
The number of court and tribunal judges and magistrates as at 1 April in the five years from 2015 to 2019 is shown in the tables, based on data held by Judicial Office. Data for April 2020 is scheduled for publication in September 2020.
Table 1a: Court judges in England and Wales1 by gender and ethnicity2, as at 1 April 2015 to 2019
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| 1 April 2015 | 1 April 2016 | 1 April 2017 | 1 April 2018 | 1 April 2019 |
Gender |
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| Female | 817 | 882 | 890 | 875 | 1013 |
| Male | 2,421 | 2,320 | 2,244 | 2,103 | 2,197 |
Ethnicity |
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| All BAME groups | 159 | 174 | 173 | 171 | 205 |
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| Asian or Asian British | 71 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 100 |
| Black or Black British | 26 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 30 |
| Other ethnic group | 27 | 28 | 28 | 24 | 26 |
| Mixed Ethnic Groups | 35 | 41 | 39 | 41 | 49 |
| White | 2,527 | 2,506 | 2,438 | 2,338 | 2,564 |
| Unknown | 552 | 522 | 523 | 469 | 441 |
Total | 3,238 | 3,202 | 3,134 | 2,978 | 3,210 | |
Table 1b: Tribunal judges in England and Wales1 by gender and ethnicity2, as at 1 April 2015 to 2019
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| 1 April 2015 | 1 April 2016 | 1 April 2017 | 1 April 2018 | 1 April 2019 |
Gender |
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| Female | 878 | 846 | 806 | 775 | 861 |
| Male | 1,126 | 1,048 | 980 | 928 | 993 |
Ethnicity |
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| All BAME groups | 177 | 177 | 168 | 167 | 192 |
| Of which |
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| Asian or Asian British | 76 | 77 | 75 | 75 | 96 |
| Black or Black British | 33 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 31 |
| Other ethnic group | 41 | 37 | 33 | 33 | 30 |
| Mixed Ethnic Groups | 27 | 29 | 28 | 28 | 35 |
| White | 1,691 | 1,580 | 1,485 | 1,404 | 1,530 |
| Unknown | 136 | 137 | 133 | 132 | 132 |
Total | 2,004 | 1,894 | 1,786 | 1,703 | 1,854 | |
Table 2: Serving magistrates in England and Wales1 by gender and ethnicity2, as at 1 April 2015 to 2019
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| 1 April 2015 | 1 April 2016 | 1 April 2017 | 1 April 2018 | 1 April 2019 |
Gender |
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| Female | 10,413 | 9,299 | 8,712 | 8,220 | 8,019 |
| Male | 9,221 | 8,253 | 7,417 | 6,783 | 6,329 |
Ethnicity |
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| All BAME groups | 1,828 | 1,723 | 1,686 | 1,655 | 1,653 |
| Of which |
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| Asian or Asian British | 959 | 820 | 889 | 874 | 868 |
| Black or Black British | 591 | 507 | 548 | 533 | 536 |
| Other ethnic group | 142 | 319 | 120 | 119 | 115 |
| Mixed Ethnic Groups | 136 | 77 | 129 | 129 | 134 |
| White | 17,803 | 15,662 | 13,958 | 12,726 | 11,823 |
| Unknown | 0 | 167 | 485 | 622 | 872 |
Total | 19,634 | 17,552 | 16,129 | 15,003 | 14,348 | |
Notes to tables 1-2
- Figures relate to primary appointments i.e. each individual is counted once, and not for each appointment held
- Ethnicity is a non-mandatory fields collected by self-declaration at point of entry, and is not always declared
Source: Judicial Office e-HR system
The number of prison officers, probation officers and prison governors employed in HMPPS as at 31 March 2015 to 2020 are provided in the following tables.
Table 3: Band 3-5 prison officers1 in post by gender and ethnicity2, as at 31 March 2015 to 2020
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| 31 March 2015 | 31 March 2016 | 31 March 2017 | 31 March 2018 | 31 March 2019 | 31 March 2020 |
Gender |
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| Female | 4,553 | 4,716 | 4,897 | 5,836 | 6,495 | 6,487 |
| Male | 14,405 | 14,373 | 14,277 | 15,985 | 16,963 | 16,314 |
Ethnicity |
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| All BAME groups | 927 | 923 | 928 | 842 | 1,138 | 1,431 |
| Of which |
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| Asian or Asian British | 206 | 206 | 204 | 182 | 262 | 338 |
| Black or Black British | 401 | 396 | 410 | 387 | 505 | 628 |
| Other ethnic group | 199 | 213 | 214 | 190 | 275 | 363 |
| Mixed Ethnic Groups | 121 | 108 | 100 | 83 | 96 | 102 |
| White | 16,180 | 15,525 | 14,992 | 13,661 | 15,267 | 17,059 |
| Not Known / Prefer not to say | 1,851 | 2,641 | 3,254 | 7,318 | 7,053 | 4,311 |
Total | 18,958 | 19,089 | 19,174 | 21,821 | 23,458 | 22,801 | |
Table 4: Band 4 probation officers in post by gender and ethnicity2, as at 31 March 2015 to 2020
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| 31 March 2015 | 31 March 2016 | 31 March 2017 | 31 March 2018 | 31 March 2019 | 31 March 2020 |
Gender |
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| Female | 2,580 | 2,651 | 2,951 | 2,836 | 2,802 | 2,907 |
| Male | 928 | 936 | 964 | 893 | 847 | 836 |
Ethnicity |
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| All BAME groups | 71 | 145 | 234 | 251 | 375 | 429 |
| Of which |
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| Asian or Asian British | 23 | 52 | 85 | 86 | 118 | 133 |
| Black or Black British | 27 | 55 | 85 | 97 | 162 | 191 |
| Other ethnic group | ~ | 34 | 56 | 60 | 84 | 94 |
| Mixed Ethnic Groups | ~ | 4 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| White | 683 | 1,362 | 1,936 | 1,896 | 2,421 | 2,762 |
| Not Known / Prefer not to say | 2,754 | 2,080 | 1,745 | 1,582 | 853 | 552 |
Total | 3,508 | 3,587 | 3,915 | 3,729 | 3,649 | 3,743 | |
Table 5: Band 10-11 Governing Governors3 in post by gender and ethnicity2, as at 31 March 2015 to 2020
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| 31 March 2015 | 31 March 2016 | 31 March 2017 | 31 March 2018 | 31 March 2019 | 31 March 2020 |
Gender |
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| Female | 30 | 26 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 33 |
| Male | 70 | 71 | 66 | 68 | 58 | 64 |
Ethnicity |
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| All BAME groups | 7 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| Of which |
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| Asian or Asian British | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
| Black or Black British | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
| Other ethnic group | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 |
| Mixed Ethnic Groups | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
| White | 89 | 84 | 83 | 84 | 72 | 77 |
| Not Known / Prefer not to say | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 |
Total | 100 | 97 | 98 | 100 | 88 | 97 | |
Notes to tables 3-5
1. Band 3-5 Officers includes Band 3-4 / Prison Officers (incl. specialists), Band 4 / Supervising Officers, and Band 5 / Custodial Managers.
2. All staff have gender assigned but ethnicity is a self-declared field and is optional to complete.
3. Includes Governing Governors working in prison establishments and excludes those based in HQ. Figures do not include deputy governors or those acting up as a Governing Governor on a temporary promotion basis.
~ denotes suppressed values of 2 or fewer or other values which would allow values of 2 or fewer to be derived by subtraction. Low numbers are suppressed to prevent disclosure in accordance with the Data Protection Act, 1998.
Answered by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
18 June 2020
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