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.
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 |