Official Statistics

Diversity of the judiciary: 2023 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: 13 July 2023
• Last updated: 8 September 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 - 2023 Statistics

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Diversity of the judiciary 2023 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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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 2023
• judicial selection exercises completed during the financial year ending 31 March 2023, with additional data on judicial selection exercises completed between 1 April 2020 and 31 March 2023
• legal professions as at 1 April 2023

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 13 July 2023
Last updated 8 September 2023 + show all updates

1. 8 September 2023

   On tab 2_7_JAC_3_years_tabulation, the eligible pool figures for the intersection categories containing "sex" were found to be inaccurate. Consequently, the '% of Eligible Pool' (Column H) and 'Application rate from Eligible Pool (%)' (Column L) figures for these categories were inaccurate. A revised table has now been uploaded. Application, shortlisting and recommendation, and RRI figures were not affected.

2. 14 July 2023

   It was identified that on tab 3_4_JO_Trends, the 2023 trend data for all characteristics had been incorrectly rounded to the nearest whole number. A revised table has now been uploaded. This revision has produced very minor changes to the trend lines in Figure 6, Figure 18a, Figure 18b, and Figure 26.

3. 13 July 2023

   First published.