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Written Question
Domestic Abuse: Prosecutions
Thursday 1st July 2021

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many domestic abuse cases have been prosecuted as common assault under Section 39 of Criminal Justice Act 1998 in each year since 2015; and what that figure is as a proportion of all domestic abuse cases in each year since 2015.

Answered by Kit Malthouse

Statistical information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute – in this case common assault or battery. It is not possible separately to identify from this centrally held information how many people were convicted for common assault in a domestic abuse context. This detailed information may be held on court records but is not reported centrally to the Ministry of Justice. As such, the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.


Written Question
Courts and Tribunals: Closures
Thursday 3rd October 2019

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish a list of the courts and tribunals, including the postcode locations, that have closed between 2010-11 and the most recent financial year for which figures are available.

Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office)

Details of court and tribunal buildings closed between 2010-11 to 2016-17 was published in answer to Parliamentary Question 147811.

The requested information for 2017-18 onwards is provided below

Court and tribunal buildings closed during 2017-18 financial year

Postcode

Aylesbury Crown Court

HP20 1XD

Barnsley Wellington House

S70 1WA

Bicester Magistrates' Court

OX26 2NZ

Birmingham AIT (Sheldon Court)

B4 6DS

Birmingham Magistrates' Youth Court

B4 6BJ

Bolton Magistrates' Court

BL1 1UA

Bow County Court

E15 4EG

Bristol Vintry House

BS1 2BP

Bury Magistrates' & County Court

BL9 0HX

Caernarfon Civil and Family Court

LL55 2Df

Cheltenham Rivershill House - Cheltenham Tribunal

GL50 3EX

Chichester Magistrates' Court

PO19 1YE

Derby Derwent Court

DE1 1SG

Dover Magistrates' Court

CT16 1BS

East Parade - Sheffield Tribunal

S1 2ET

Eastbourne Magistrates' & County Court

BN21 4UN

Hammersmith Magistrates' Court

W6 8DN

Holyhead Magistrates' Court

LL65 1HG

Kendal Magistrates' & County Court

LA9 4NF

Kettering County Court

NN16 0BE

Lambeth County Court

SE11 4DZ

Lancaster County Court

LA1 1JW

Llangefni Civil and Family Court

LL77 7EN

Oldham County Court

OL1 1NL

Stafford Magistrates' Court

ST16 3DW

Stoke-on-Trent Tribunal Hearing Centre (Bennett House)

ST1 2QB

Sunderland AS Hylton Park

SR5 3HD

Telford County Court

TF3 4JP

Torquay Magistrates' Court

TQ1 4BP

Watford Magistrates' Court

WD17 1ST

Woolwich County Court

SE18 6JW

Court and tribunal buildings closed during 2018-2019 financial year

Postcode

Banbury Magistrates’ and County Court

OX16 2AW

Chichester Combined Court

PO19 1SX

Chippenham Magistrates' & Civil Court

SN15 3BF

Chorley Magistrates’ Court

PR7 1RZ

Maidenhead Magistrates’ Court

SL6 8PB

Shrewsbury Crown Court

SY2 6LU

Sunderland County Court

SR1 1RB

Court and tribunal buildings closed between 1 April and 30 September 2019

Postcode

Colchester County Court

CO3 3EG

Fleetwood Magistrates’ Court (sitting as a Family Hearing Centre)

FY7 6HJ

Harlow Magistrates' Court

CM20 1JA

Northallerton Magistrates' Court

DL7 8QZ

Southend County Court

SS1 2AW

The closure of any court is not taken lightly – it only happens following full public consultation and when communities have reasonable access to alternative courts.

We are reinvesting every penny raised from selling these underused buildings into modernising the justice system to provide swifter and easier access to justice for all.


Written Question
Courts: Closures
Monday 4th June 2018

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136450 on court closures, if he will publish the postcodes of the courts listed that closed between the 2010-11 and 2016-17 financial years.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

I provide below a list of court closures for financial years 2010-11 to 2016-17 with the corresponding building postcode.

Courts and tribunals closed during 2010-2011 financial year

Wantage Magistrates’ Court, OX12 8EQ

Courts and tribunals closed during 2011–2012 financial year

Aberdare County Court, CF44 0JE

Aberdare Magistrates Court, CF44 0NG

Abertillery Magistrates Court, NP13 1PB

Acton Magistrates Court, W3 8PB

Alnwick Magistrates Court (FPC), NE66 1UJ

Amersham Magistrates Court, HP6 5AJ

Ammanford Magistrates Court, SA18 2NP

Ashford County Court, TN23 1QQ

Ashford Magistrates Court, TN23 1QS

Balham Youth Court, SW17 7BD

Barking & Dagenham Magistrates Court, IG11 8EW

Barry Magistrates Court, CF63 4SX

Batley & Dewsbury Magistrates Court (FPC), WF13 1JP

Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court, BD1 1LA

Bishop Auckland County Court, DL14 6LD

Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court, DL14 6LD

Blandford Forum Magistrates Court, DT11 7HR

Blaydon Magistrates Court, NE8 1DT

Brentford Magistrates Court, TW8 8EN

Bridgwater Magistrates Court, TA6 3YL

Camborne Magistrates Court, TR14 8SL

Cardigan Magistrates Court, SA43 1BU

Cheltenham County Court, GL1 2DE

Chepstow County Court, NP16 5PB

Chepstow Magistrates Court, NP16 5PJ

Chorley County Court, PR7 1JE

Cirencester Magistrates Court, GL7 2PL

Coalville Magistrates Court, LE67 3DP

Coleford Magistrates Court, GL16 8BQ

Consett County Court, DH8 5AU

Cromer Magistrates Court, NR27 9EB

Daventry Magistrates Court, NN11 4BS

Dewsbury County Court, WF13 2PE

Didcot Magistrates Court, OX11 8XD

Ely Magistrates Court, CB7 4EG

Epping Magistrates Court, CM16 4LN

Epsom County Court, KT17 1DN

Epsom Magistrates Court, KT17 1DN

Evesham County Court, WR11 4EE

Flint Magistrates Court, CH6 5AY

Frome Magistrates Court, BA11 4JG

Goole County Court, DN14 5AE

Goole Magistrates Court, DN14 5AB

Gosforth Magistrates Court, NE3 4ES

Grantham County Court, NG31 7SB

Gravesend County Court, DA12 2DU

Grays Magistrates Court, RM17 5DA

Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court, TS14 6HX

Halesowen Magistrates Court, B63 3DA

Harlow County Court, CM20 1UW

Harrow Magistrates Court, HA1 2JY

Haywards Heath County Court, RH16 1YZ

Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court, HP1 1HF

Hitchin County Court, SG5 2JR

Honiton Magistrates Court, EX14 1LZ

Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court, DH4 5BL

Huntingdon County Court, PE29 3BD

Ilford County Court, IG1 1TP

Ilkeston Magistrates Court, DE7 5HZ

Keighley County Court, BD21 3SH

Kidderminster County Court, DY10 1QT

Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court, KT1 1EU

Knowsley Magistrates Court, L36 9XY

Lewes Magistrates Court, BN7 2PG

Liskeard Magistrates Court, PL14 6RF

Llandovery Magistrates Court, SA20 0AB

Llangefni Magistrates Court, LL77 7TW

Llwynypia Magistrates Court, CF40 2ER

Lowestoft County Court (FPC), NR32 1HJ

Ludlow County Court, SY8 1AQ

Ludlow Magistrates Court, SY8 1AZ

Lyndhurst Magistrates Court, SO43 7AY

Market Drayton Magistrates Court, SY2 5NX

Market Harborough Magistrates Court, LE16 7NH

Melton Mowbray County Court, LE13 1NH

Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court, LE13 1NH

Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court, RH16 4BA

Newark County Court, NG24 1LD

Newark Magistrates Court (FPC), NG24 1LD

Newbury County Court, RG14 5QT

Northwich County Court (same building as Mags), CW9 5ES

Northwich Magistrates Court (FPC) (same as County), CW9 5ES

Oswestry County Court, SY11 1PZ

Oswestry Magistrates Court, SY11 1RP

Penrith County Court (same building as Mags), CA11 7QL

Penrith Magistrates Court (same building a County), CA11 7QL

Penzance County Court, TR18 4JH

Penzance Magistrates Court, TR182QD

Pontypool County Court, NP4 6NZ

Poole County Court, BH15 2NS

Pwllheli Magistrates Court, LL53 5ED

Rawtenstall County Court, BB4 7RT

Rawtenstall Magistrates Court, BB4 6RD

Redditch County Court, B97 4AB

Retford Magistrates Court, DN22 6BL

Rochdale Magistrates Court (FPC), OL16 1AR

Rugby County Court, CV21 2RN

Rugby Magistrates Court, CV21 2DH

Runcorn County Court, WA7 2HA

Rutland Magistrates Court, LE15 6DF

Salford County Court, M5 4RR

Salford Magistrates Court (FPC), M3 6DJ

Shrewsbury County Court, SY1 1NA

Sittingbourne Magistrates Court, ME10 1DR

Skegness County Court, PE25 2TF

Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court, PR9 0LP

Southport County Court, PR9 0PU

Stourbridge County Court, DY8 1QL

Stratford Upon Avon County Court, CV37 6PA

Sudbury Magistrates Court, CO10 1QN

Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court, B74 2NS

Sutton Magistrates Court, SM6 0JA

Swaffham Magistrates Court, PE37 7NH

Tamworth County Court, B79 7AL

Tamworth Magistrates Court, B79 7AR

Thetford Magistrates Court, IP24 3AQ

Totnes Magistrates Court, TQ9 5JY

Towcester Magistrates Court, NN12 6DE

Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court (FPC), NE46 3NB

Wellingborough County Court, NN8 4NF

West Bromwich Magistrates Court, B70 8ED

Whitehaven County Court, CA28 7NU

Whitehaven Magistrates Court, CA28 7PA

Wimborne Magistrates Court, BH21 1JW

Wisbech Magistrates Court, PE13 3DE

Witney Magistrates Court, OX28 6JH

Woking Magistrates Court, GU22 7YL

Woolwich Magistrates Court, SE18 6QY

Worksop County Court, S80 1LN

Courts and tribunals closed during year 2012-2013 financial year

Burton Upon Trent County Court, DE14 1BP

Haringey Magistrates Court, N6 4HS

Pontefract County Court, WF8 1RJ

Pontefract Magistrates Court (FPC), WF8 1BW

Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court, ST4 3BX

Selby Magistrates Court, YO8 4QB

Trowbridge County Court, BA14 8DB

Courts and tribunals closed during 2013-2014 financial year

Abergavenny Magistrates' Court, NP7 5DL

Andover Magistrates Court, SP10 2AB

Denbigh Magistrates Court, LL16 3UU

North Liverpool Community Justice Centre, L5 2QD

Tower Bridge Magistrates Court, SE1 2JY

Courts and tribunals closed during 2014-15 financial year

Alton Magistrates’ Court, GU34 1EA

Bracknell Magistrates’ Court, RG12 1AF

Bury St Edmunds Tribunal, IP33 2AQ

Knutsford Crown Court, WA16 0PB

Neath Magistrates’ Court, SA11 1RF

Newcastle Tribunal - Quayside House, NE1 3DX.

Spalding Magistrates’ Court, PE11 1BE

Courts and tribunals closed during 2015-2016 financial year

Accrington County Court, BB5 2BH

Accrington Magistrates' Court, BB5 2BH

Aldershot & Farnham County Court, GU11 1SS

Arcade Chambers - Aldershot Tribunal, GU11 1DZ

Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal, SS14 1AH

Cambridge RPTS Tribunal, CB22 5LD

Cambridge Tribunal - Eastbrook House, CB2 2DJ

Chesterfield County Court, S41 7TW

Chesterfield St Marys Court - Chesterfield Tribunal, S41 7TD

Doncaster Tribunal - Portland Place, DN1 3DF

Epsom Tribunal, KT17 1HF

Harrogate County Court, HG1 1EL

Hereford County Court, HR4 9BA

Norwich Tribunal - Elliot House, NR1 3TZ

Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court, TW9 2RF

Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court, SY2 5NX

Solihull Magistrates' Court, B91 3RD

The Crescent Centre - Bristol Tribunal, BS1 6EZ

Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court, E17 4NX

Worksop Magistrates' Court, S80 2AJ

Courts and tribunals closed during 2016-2017 financial year

Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court, HP21 7QZ

Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only), EX31 1DX

Bournemouth Magistrates' Court, BH1 1LA

Brecon Law Courts, LD3 7HR

Bridgend Law Courts, CF31 4AJ

Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court, DE14 1NZ

Bury St Edmunds Crown & Magistrates' Court, IP33 1HF

Buxton Magistrates' & County Court, SK17 6EY

Caerphilly Magistrates' Court, CF83 2XA

Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall), SA31 1PR

Consett Magistrates' Court, DH8 6LY

Corby Magistrates' Court, NN17 1SQ

Dartford Magistrates' Court, DA1 2JW

Dolgellau Crown & Magistrates' Court, LL40 1AU

Doncaster County Court, DN1 3HT

Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth & Dorchester Combined), DT4 8BS

Durham Elvet House - Durham Tribunal, DH1 3AT

Fareham Magistrates' Court, PO16 7TL

Feltham Magistrates' Court, TW13 5AF

Gloucester Magistrates' Court, GL1 1UB

Grantham Magistrates' Court, NG31 7SB

Greenwich Magistrates' Court, SE10 8PG

Halifax County Court, HX1 2JJ

Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale), HX1 2AN

Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only), W6 8DN

Hartlepool Magistrates' & County Court, TS24 8AG

Hinckley Magistrates' Court, LE10 1NZ

Kettering Magistrates' Court, NN15 7QP

King's Lynn County Court, PE30 1ES

Lowestoft Magistrates' Court, NR32 1HJ

Macclesfield County Court, SK11 7NA

Macclesfield Magistrates' Court, SK10 2AB

Middlesbrough Centre North East - Middlesbrough Tribunal, TS1 2RX

Morpeth & Berwick County Court, NE61 1LA

Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court, SA11 3BN

Oldham Magistrates' Court, OL1 1QE

Ormskirk Magistrates' Court, L39 2BJ

Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre, SE1 0BW

Pontypridd Magistrates' Court, CF37 1SD

Prestatyn Magistrates' Court, LL19 7TE

Redhill Magistrates' & Reigate County Court, RH1 6DH

Rhyl County Court, LL18 3LA

Rotherham Magistrates' & County Court, S60 1YW

Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court, WA7 2HA

Sandwell Magistrates' Court, B69 4JN

Scunthorpe Magistrates' & County Court, DN15 6LJ

Skegness Magistrates' Court, PE25 1BH

Southampton Barrack Block, SO15 2SH

St Helens Magistrates' Court, WA10 1SZ

Stroud Magistrates' Court, GL5 1ET

Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall), SA1 4PE

Tameside Magistrates' & County Court (County Part Only), OL6 7TP

Taunton Blackdown House - Taunton Tribunal, TA1 2PX

Tottenham Magistrates' Court, N17 6RT

Trafford Magistrates' Court & Altrincham County Court, M33 7NR

Tunbridge Wells County Court, TN1 1DP

Wakefield & Pontefract Magistrates' Court, WF1 2TW

Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only), WA1 1UR

Warrington Magistrates' Court, WA1 1LQ

West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury), RG17 7TQ

Weymouth & Dorchester Combined Court Offices (Westwey House), DT4 8TE

Wrexham Rhyd Broughton (Tribunal), LL13 7YP

Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon), BS37 4PY

Yeovil County Court, BA20 2QD


Written Question
Tribunals: Closures
Monday 23rd April 2018

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunals have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold court and tribunal closure information by parliamentary constituency, however, I provide below a list of closures recorded between financial years 2010-11 and 2016-17. In the case of tribunals, we do not hold information centrally for tribunal closures pre-dating 2015.

Courts and tribunals closed during 2010-2011 financial year

Wantage Magistrates’ Court

Courts and tribunals closed during 2011–2012 financial year

Aberdare County Court

Aberdare Magistrates Court

Abertillery Magistrates Court

Acton Magistrates Court

Alnwick Magistrates Court (FPC)

Amersham Magistrates Court

Ammanford Magistrates Court

Ashford County Court

Ashford Magistrates Court

Balham Youth Court

Barking & Dagenham Magistrates Court

Barry Magistrates Court

Batley & Dewsbury Magistrates Court (FPC)

Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court

Bishop Auckland County Court

Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court

Blandford Forum Magistrates Court

Blaydon Magistrates Court

Brentford Magistrates Court

Bridgwater Magistrates Court

Camborne Magistrates Court

Cardigan Magistrates Court

Cheltenham County Court

Chepstow County Court

Chepstow Magistrates Court

Chorley County Court

Cirencester Magistrates Court

Coalville Magistrates Court

Coleford Magistrates Court

Consett County Court

Cromer Magistrates Court

Daventry Magistrates Court

Dewsbury County Court

Didcot Magistrates Court

Ely Magistrates Court

Epping Magistrates Court

Epsom County Court

Epsom Magistrates Court

Evesham County Court

Flint Magistrates Court

Frome Magistrates Court

Goole County Court

Goole Magistrates Court

Gosforth Magistrates Court

Grantham County Court

Gravesend County Court

Grays Magistrates Court

Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court

Halesowen Magistrates Court

Harlow County Court

Harrow Magistrates Court

Haywards Heath County Court

Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court

Hitchin County Court

Honiton Magistrates Court

Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court

Huntingdon County Court

Ilford County Court

Ilkeston Magistrates Court

Keighley County Court

Kidderminster County Court

Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court

Knowsley Magistrates Court

Lewes Magistrates Court

Liskeard Magistrates Court

Llandovery Magistrates Court

Llangefni Magistrates Court

Llwynypia Magistrates Court

Lowestoft County Court (FPC)

Ludlow County Court

Ludlow Magistrates Court

Lyndhurst Magistrates Court

Market Drayton Magistrates Court

Market Harborough Magistrates Court

Melton Mowbray County Court

Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court

Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court

Newark County Court

Newark Magistrates Court (FPC)

Newbury County Court

Northwich County Court (same building as Mags)

Northwich Magistrates Court (FPC) (same as County)

Oswestry County Court

Oswestry Magistrates Court

Penrith County Court (same building as Mags)

Penrith Magistrates Court (same building a County)

Penzance County Court

Penzance Magistrates Court

Pontypool County Court

Poole County Court

Pwllheli Magistrates Court

Rawtenstall County Court

Rawtenstall Magistrates Court

Redditch County Court

Retford Magistrates Court

Rochdale Magistrates Court (FPC)

Rugby County Court

Rugby Magistrates Court

Runcorn County Court

Rutland Magistrates Court

Salford County Court

Salford Magistrates Court (FPC)

Shrewsbury County Court

Sittingbourne Magistrates Court

Skegness County Court

Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court

Southport County Court

Stourbridge County Court

Stratford Upon Avon County Court

Sudbury Magistrates Court

Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court

Sutton Magistrates Court

Swaffham Magistrates Court

Tamworth County Court

Tamworth Magistrates Court

Thetford Magistrates Court

Totnes Magistrates Court

Towcester Magistrates Court

Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court (FPC)

Wellingborough County Court

West Bromwich Magistrates Court

Whitehaven County Court

Whitehaven Magistrates Court

Wimborne Magistrates Court

Wisbech Magistrates Court

Witney Magistrates Court

Woking Magistrates Court

Woolwich Magistrates Court

Worksop County Court

Courts and tribunals closed during year 2012-2013 financial year

Burton Upon Trent County Court

Haringey Magistrates Court

Pontefract County Court

Pontefract Magistrates Court (FPC)

Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court

Selby Magistrates Court

Trowbridge County Court

Courts and tribunals closed during 2013-2014 financial year

Abergavenny Magistrates' Court

Andover Magistrates Court

Denbigh Magistrates Court

North Liverpool Community Justice Centre

Tower Bridge Magistrates Court

Courts and tribunals closed during 2014-15 financial year

Alton Magistrates’ Court

Bracknell Magistrates’ Court

Bury St Edmunds Tribunal

Knutsford Crown Court

Neath Magistrates’ Court

Newcastle Tribunal - Quayside House

Spalding Magistrates’ Court

Courts and tribunals closed during 2015-2016 financial year

Accrington County Court

Accrington Magistrates' Court

Aldershot & Farnham County Court

Arcade Chambers - Aldershot Tribunal

Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal

Cambridge RPTS Tribunal

Cambridge Tribunal - Eastbrook House

Chesterfield County Court

Chesterfield St Marys Court - Chesterfield Tribunal

Doncaster Tribunal - Portland Place

Epsom Tribunal

Harrogate County Court

Hereford County Court

Norwich Tribunal - Elliot House

Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court

Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court

Solihull Magistrates' Court

The Crescent Centre - Bristol Tribunal

Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court

Worksop Magistrates' Court

Courts and tribunals closed during 2016-2017 financial year

Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court

Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only)

Bournemouth Magistrates' Court

Brecon Law Courts

Bridgend Law Courts

Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court

Bury St Edmunds Crown & Magistrates' Court

Buxton Magistrates' & County Court

Caerphilly Magistrates' Court

Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)

Consett Magistrates' Court

Corby Magistrates' Court

Dartford Magistrates' Court

Dolgellau Crown & Magistrates' Court

Doncaster County Court

Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth & Dorchester Combined)

Durham Elvet House - Durham Tribunal

Fareham Magistrates' Court

Feltham Magistrates' Court

Gloucester Magistrates' Court

Grantham Magistrates' Court

Greenwich Magistrates' Court

Halifax County Court

Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale)

Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only)

Hartlepool Magistrates' & County Court

Hinckley Magistrates' Court

Kettering Magistrates' Court

King's Lynn County Court

Lowestoft Magistrates' Court

Macclesfield County Court

Macclesfield Magistrates' Court

Middlesbrough Centre North East - Middlesbrough Tribunal

Morpeth & Berwick County Court

Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court

Oldham Magistrates' Court

Ormskirk Magistrates' Court

Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre

Pontypridd Magistrates' Court

Prestatyn Magistrates' Court

Redhill Magistrates' & Reigate County Court

Rhyl County Court

Rotherham Magistrates' & County Court

Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court

Sandwell Magistrates' Court

Scunthorpe Magistrates' & County Court

Skegness Magistrates' Court

Southampton Barrack Block

St Helens Magistrates' Court

Stroud Magistrates' Court

Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall)

Tameside Magistrates' & County Court (County Part Only)

Taunton Blackdown House - Taunton Tribunal

Tottenham Magistrates' Court

Trafford Magistrates' Court & Altrincham County Court

Tunbridge Wells County Court

Wakefield & Pontefract Magistrates' Court

Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only)

Warrington Magistrates' Court

West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury)

Weymouth & Dorchester Combined Court Offices (Westwey House)

Wrexham Rhyd Broughton (Tribunal)

Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon)

Yeovil County Court


Written Question
Courts: Closures
Monday 23rd April 2018

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold court and tribunal closure information by parliamentary constituency, however, I provide below a list of closures recorded between financial years 2010-11 and 2016-17. In the case of tribunals, we do not hold information centrally for tribunal closures pre-dating 2015.

Courts and tribunals closed during 2010-2011 financial year

Wantage Magistrates’ Court

Courts and tribunals closed during 2011–2012 financial year

Aberdare County Court

Aberdare Magistrates Court

Abertillery Magistrates Court

Acton Magistrates Court

Alnwick Magistrates Court (FPC)

Amersham Magistrates Court

Ammanford Magistrates Court

Ashford County Court

Ashford Magistrates Court

Balham Youth Court

Barking & Dagenham Magistrates Court

Barry Magistrates Court

Batley & Dewsbury Magistrates Court (FPC)

Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court

Bishop Auckland County Court

Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court

Blandford Forum Magistrates Court

Blaydon Magistrates Court

Brentford Magistrates Court

Bridgwater Magistrates Court

Camborne Magistrates Court

Cardigan Magistrates Court

Cheltenham County Court

Chepstow County Court

Chepstow Magistrates Court

Chorley County Court

Cirencester Magistrates Court

Coalville Magistrates Court

Coleford Magistrates Court

Consett County Court

Cromer Magistrates Court

Daventry Magistrates Court

Dewsbury County Court

Didcot Magistrates Court

Ely Magistrates Court

Epping Magistrates Court

Epsom County Court

Epsom Magistrates Court

Evesham County Court

Flint Magistrates Court

Frome Magistrates Court

Goole County Court

Goole Magistrates Court

Gosforth Magistrates Court

Grantham County Court

Gravesend County Court

Grays Magistrates Court

Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court

Halesowen Magistrates Court

Harlow County Court

Harrow Magistrates Court

Haywards Heath County Court

Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court

Hitchin County Court

Honiton Magistrates Court

Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court

Huntingdon County Court

Ilford County Court

Ilkeston Magistrates Court

Keighley County Court

Kidderminster County Court

Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court

Knowsley Magistrates Court

Lewes Magistrates Court

Liskeard Magistrates Court

Llandovery Magistrates Court

Llangefni Magistrates Court

Llwynypia Magistrates Court

Lowestoft County Court (FPC)

Ludlow County Court

Ludlow Magistrates Court

Lyndhurst Magistrates Court

Market Drayton Magistrates Court

Market Harborough Magistrates Court

Melton Mowbray County Court

Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court

Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court

Newark County Court

Newark Magistrates Court (FPC)

Newbury County Court

Northwich County Court (same building as Mags)

Northwich Magistrates Court (FPC) (same as County)

Oswestry County Court

Oswestry Magistrates Court

Penrith County Court (same building as Mags)

Penrith Magistrates Court (same building a County)

Penzance County Court

Penzance Magistrates Court

Pontypool County Court

Poole County Court

Pwllheli Magistrates Court

Rawtenstall County Court

Rawtenstall Magistrates Court

Redditch County Court

Retford Magistrates Court

Rochdale Magistrates Court (FPC)

Rugby County Court

Rugby Magistrates Court

Runcorn County Court

Rutland Magistrates Court

Salford County Court

Salford Magistrates Court (FPC)

Shrewsbury County Court

Sittingbourne Magistrates Court

Skegness County Court

Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court

Southport County Court

Stourbridge County Court

Stratford Upon Avon County Court

Sudbury Magistrates Court

Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court

Sutton Magistrates Court

Swaffham Magistrates Court

Tamworth County Court

Tamworth Magistrates Court

Thetford Magistrates Court

Totnes Magistrates Court

Towcester Magistrates Court

Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court (FPC)

Wellingborough County Court

West Bromwich Magistrates Court

Whitehaven County Court

Whitehaven Magistrates Court

Wimborne Magistrates Court

Wisbech Magistrates Court

Witney Magistrates Court

Woking Magistrates Court

Woolwich Magistrates Court

Worksop County Court

Courts and tribunals closed during year 2012-2013 financial year

Burton Upon Trent County Court

Haringey Magistrates Court

Pontefract County Court

Pontefract Magistrates Court (FPC)

Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court

Selby Magistrates Court

Trowbridge County Court

Courts and tribunals closed during 2013-2014 financial year

Abergavenny Magistrates' Court

Andover Magistrates Court

Denbigh Magistrates Court

North Liverpool Community Justice Centre

Tower Bridge Magistrates Court

Courts and tribunals closed during 2014-15 financial year

Alton Magistrates’ Court

Bracknell Magistrates’ Court

Bury St Edmunds Tribunal

Knutsford Crown Court

Neath Magistrates’ Court

Newcastle Tribunal - Quayside House

Spalding Magistrates’ Court

Courts and tribunals closed during 2015-2016 financial year

Accrington County Court

Accrington Magistrates' Court

Aldershot & Farnham County Court

Arcade Chambers - Aldershot Tribunal

Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal

Cambridge RPTS Tribunal

Cambridge Tribunal - Eastbrook House

Chesterfield County Court

Chesterfield St Marys Court - Chesterfield Tribunal

Doncaster Tribunal - Portland Place

Epsom Tribunal

Harrogate County Court

Hereford County Court

Norwich Tribunal - Elliot House

Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court

Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court

Solihull Magistrates' Court

The Crescent Centre - Bristol Tribunal

Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court

Worksop Magistrates' Court

Courts and tribunals closed during 2016-2017 financial year

Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court

Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only)

Bournemouth Magistrates' Court

Brecon Law Courts

Bridgend Law Courts

Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court

Bury St Edmunds Crown & Magistrates' Court

Buxton Magistrates' & County Court

Caerphilly Magistrates' Court

Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)

Consett Magistrates' Court

Corby Magistrates' Court

Dartford Magistrates' Court

Dolgellau Crown & Magistrates' Court

Doncaster County Court

Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth & Dorchester Combined)

Durham Elvet House - Durham Tribunal

Fareham Magistrates' Court

Feltham Magistrates' Court

Gloucester Magistrates' Court

Grantham Magistrates' Court

Greenwich Magistrates' Court

Halifax County Court

Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale)

Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only)

Hartlepool Magistrates' & County Court

Hinckley Magistrates' Court

Kettering Magistrates' Court

King's Lynn County Court

Lowestoft Magistrates' Court

Macclesfield County Court

Macclesfield Magistrates' Court

Middlesbrough Centre North East - Middlesbrough Tribunal

Morpeth & Berwick County Court

Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court

Oldham Magistrates' Court

Ormskirk Magistrates' Court

Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre

Pontypridd Magistrates' Court

Prestatyn Magistrates' Court

Redhill Magistrates' & Reigate County Court

Rhyl County Court

Rotherham Magistrates' & County Court

Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court

Sandwell Magistrates' Court

Scunthorpe Magistrates' & County Court

Skegness Magistrates' Court

Southampton Barrack Block

St Helens Magistrates' Court

Stroud Magistrates' Court

Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall)

Tameside Magistrates' & County Court (County Part Only)

Taunton Blackdown House - Taunton Tribunal

Tottenham Magistrates' Court

Trafford Magistrates' Court & Altrincham County Court

Tunbridge Wells County Court

Wakefield & Pontefract Magistrates' Court

Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only)

Warrington Magistrates' Court

West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury)

Weymouth & Dorchester Combined Court Offices (Westwey House)

Wrexham Rhyd Broughton (Tribunal)

Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon)

Yeovil County Court


Written Question
Parole Board
Monday 12th March 2018

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to make retrospective any changes her Department proposes to the transparency of Parole Board decision-making.

Answered by Rory Stewart

The review of the transparency of Parole Board decision-making remains a priority for me and for the Government. We will have completed the review by Easter, and the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice will report thereafter.


Written Question
Parole Board
Thursday 8th February 2018

Asked by: Yvette Cooper (Labour - Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the review of the transparency of Parole Board decision-making.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

The review of the transparency of Parole Board decision- making remains a priority for the Government. The intention is that we will have completed the review by Easter.