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.
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 |
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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 |
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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.
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
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
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
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.
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.