Official Statistics

Diversity of the judiciary: 2022 statistics

Annual official statistics on judicial diversity in England and Wales covering the current judiciary, judicial appointments and legal professions

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 14 July 2022
• Last updated: 13 July 2023 — See all updates

Applies to England and Wales

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Diversity of the judiciary: Legal professions, new appointments and current post-holders - 2022 Statistics

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Diversity of the judiciary 2022 statistics: data tables

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User guide to diversity of the judiciary statistics

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Pre-release access list for diversity of the judiciary statistics

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Details

This bulletin presents the latest statistics on judicial diversity for England and Wales, covering:

• court and tribunal judges, non-legal members of tribunals and magistrates in post as at 1 April 2022
• judicial selection exercises completed during the financial year ending 31 March 2022, with additional data on judicial selection exercises completed between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2022
• legal professions as at 1 April 2022

These statistics provide the main source for monitoring patterns and trends in judicial diversity, and bring together in one place diversity statistics for those in post, during selection and for the legal professions which are the source of much of the judiciary.

The supporting user guide and quality statement provide background information on the judiciary, definitions, methodology used, the quality of the statistics and other useful sources of related information.

Statistics for years prior to 2020 were published in the Judicial Office judicial diversity statistics and by the Judicial Appointments Commission.

Published 14 July 2022
Last updated 13 July 2023 + show all updates

1. 13 July 2023

   An error was identified in the 2022 Judicial Diversity Statistics. In tab 2_2_JAC_Tabulation, the labels on the first two categories of social mobility data (lines 44-45) were accidentally swapped. Consequently, candidates whose parents did not attend university were incorrectly reported as having higher recommendation rates than candidates who had one or both parents attend university. The table has now been updated: The first line (formerly “One or both parents went to university”) has been updated to “First generation to attend university”, and the second line (formerly “Neither parent went to university”) has been updated to “Not the first generation to attend university”. The associated commentary in the bulletin has also been updated.

2. 14 July 2022

   First published.