Queen's Counsel statistics

Barristers of at least ten years' Call can apply to the Queen's Counsel Appointments Panel, who select on the basis of excellence in advocacy in the higher courts.

All Queen's Counsel

        

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

All Queen's Counsel

1,180

1,143

1,278

1,223

1,273

1,318

Queen's Counsel by gender

                       

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

Male

1,051

1,160

1,107

1,146

1,179

Female

92

118

116

127

139

 

Queen's Counsel by ethnicity

       

 2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

BME

46

44

49

57

White

1,169

1,120

1,166

1,207

No data

63

59

58

54