Courts: Coronavirus

(asked on 4th November 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date (a) protective screens and (b) other covid-19 protective measures were installed in each court in England and Wales.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 9th November 2020

HMCTS has in place a range of measures, developed in line with, and validated against, relevant public health standards. This ensures our buildings are Covid secure and enables HMCTS to run its vital public services, maintaining access to justice, throughout the pandemic.

The installation of screens is an example of one of these measures. By the end of October, we had installed screens in 229 court rooms and 148 deliberation rooms across England and Wales. The table below sets out the court buildings into which we have installed screens, along with the month of installation.

Other measures have been introduced across the court and tribunal estate, according to local risk assessment, since the 16th March 2020. Steps being taken include significantly increasing the cleaning regime, with additional cleaners brought in to sanitise frequently touched surfaces and making handwash and sanitiser available to anyone within the buildings. Courts and tribunals have also introduced revised entry and search procedures for all court users, public concourses marked out with socially distanced floor markings and appropriate guidance signage. In addition, it is a requirement to wear a face covering in all public and communal areas of our courts and tribunals, unless you are exempt, which helps further reduce the risk of onward transmission of Covid-19 in the most used parts of our buildings.

Month of installation

Court Building

Aug/Sep 20

Amersham Law Courts

Aug/Sep 20

Aylesbury Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Basildon Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Birmingham Crown Court (QEII Law Courts)

Aug/Sep 20

Bolton Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Bournemouth Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Bradford Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Brighton Crown

Aug/Sep 20

Bristol Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Cambridge Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Canterbury Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Cardiff Crown

Aug/Sep 20

Chelmsford

Aug/Sep 20

Chester Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Croydon Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Derby Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Durham

Aug/Sep 20

Exeter Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Grimsby Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Harrow Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Hove Trial Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Inner London Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Ipswich Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Isle of Wight Combined (and Magistrates) Court

Aug/Sep 20

Isleworth Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

King's Lynn Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Kingston-upon-Thames Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Kingston-upon-Hull Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Leeds Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Leicester Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Lewes Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Lincoln Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Liverpool QEII Law Courts: Liverpool Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Luton Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Maidstone Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Manchester Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Newcastle Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Newcastle upon Tyne Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Northampton Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Norwich Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Nottingham County Court and Family Court (and Crown)

Aug/Sep 20

Oxford Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Peterborough Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Portsmouth Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Preston Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Salisbury Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Sheffield Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Shrewsbury Crown Court / Shrewsbury Justice Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Snaresbrook Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Southampton Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Southwark Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

St Albans Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Stafford Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Stoke-on-Trent Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Swansea Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Taunton Combined Court

Aug/Sep 20

Teesside Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Truro Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Warwickshire (South) Justice Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Wolverhampton Combined Court Centre

Aug/Sep 20

Wood Green Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Woolwich Crown Court

Aug/Sep 20

Worcester Combined Court

Oct-20

Carlisle Combined Court Centre

Oct-20

Central Criminal Court - Old Bailey

Oct-20

Doncaster Crown Court

Oct-20

Guildford Crown Court

Oct-20

Leeds Magistrates Court

Oct-20

Merthyr Tydfil Combined Court Centre

Oct-20

Newport Crown Court

Oct-20

Royal Courts of Justice

Oct-20

Swindon Combined Court Centre

Oct-20

Winchester Combined Court Centre

Oct-20

York Crown Court

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