To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, how much was paid in attendance allowances to justices of the peace in each of the last 10 financial years; and how much she estimates will be allocated in the current financial year. [118745]

Lay justices of the peace are volunteers. They do not receive allowances for sitting in magistrates courts, but they are entitled to claim a financial loss allowance in certain circumstances, together with travel and other out of pocket expenses.