Courts: Coronavirus
(asked on 12th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of covid-19 have been confirmed among the (a) staff, (b) judiciary and (c) users of each court.
ince 18 August we have recorded all confirmed positive incidents of COVID-19 affecting HMCTS buildings centrally. We take swift and robust action for each suspected or positive case. There should be no assumption that a positive case indicates that there has been transmission within a court or tribunal building. 98% of our 341 buildings are open and operational. HMCTS employs around 18,800 staff and there are around 19,400 judicial office holders.
Between the 18 August and 12 November confirmed positive COVID-19 cases reported to HMCTS are as follows:
Across the courts:
A) HMCTS staff – 276
B) Judiciary – 45
C) Court users – 89
Across the tribunals:
A) HMCTS staff – 19
B) Judiciary – 4
C) Tribunal users – 1
The following two tables provide a more detailed breakdown of the specific HMCTS locations and numbers.
Table 1: shows breakdown of positive COVID-19 cases identified at court locations for staff, judiciary, and court users between 18 August and 12 November. | |||
Court location | Staff | Judiciary | Court users |
Aylesbury Crown Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Basildon Combined Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Birkenhead County Court | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Birmingham CJC | 8 | 0 | 1 |
Birmingham Crown Court | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Birmingham CTSC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Birmingham Magistrates’ Court | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Blackburn Family Court | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Blackburn Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Blackpool County Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Blackpool Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Bolton Combined | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Bradford and Keighley Magistrates Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bradford Combined | 3 | 1 | 0 |
Bristol CFJC | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Bromley County Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Bromley Magistrates’ | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bury St Edmunds - South East & London Divorce | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Bury St Edmunds Maintenance enforcement centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Cambridge County Court | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Cannock Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Canterbury Combined Court | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Cardiff Crown Court | 2 | 0 | 4 |
Cardiff Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Carlisle Combined | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Chelmsford Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Chester CJC | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Chester Crown Court | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Chester Magistrates’ Court | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Chesterfield Justice Centre | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Clerkenwell and Shoreditch County Court | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Colchester Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Coventry Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Croydon Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Darlington County Court | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Derby Combined | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Derby Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Doncaster Justice Centre North | 1 | 0 | 3 |
Dudley Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Ealing Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 1 | 0 |
East London Family Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gateshead Law Courts | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gloucester County & Family Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Gloucester Twyver House | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Grimsby Combined Court | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Grimsby Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Guildford Combined Court | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Harrogate Justice Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Harrow Crown Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hendon Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
High Wycombe law courts | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Hull Combined Court Centre | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Hull Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Inner London Crown Court | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Ipswich Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Isleworth Crown Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Kingston Crown Court | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Kirklees Magistrates’ Court | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lavender Hill Magistrates’ | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Leeds Combined Court | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Leeds Magistrates’ | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Leeds, Ailsa House | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Leicester Crown Court | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Leicester Magistrates‘ | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Lewes Combined Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Leyland Family Court | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Liverpool - Queen Elizabeth 2 Law Courts | 8 | 0 | 4 |
Liverpool - St Georges Hall (ACTC) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Liverpool CFC | 5 | 1 | 0 |
Llanelli Law Courts | 0 | 0 | 1 |
London Central Criminal Court | 2 | 0 | 0 |
London Central Family Court | 5 | 0 | 0 |
London, City of London Magistrates’ | 0 | 1 | 0 |
London, Prospero House | 1 | 0 | 0 |
London, Rolls Building | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Loughborough CTSC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Luton Crown Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Luton Justice Centre | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Luton Magistrates’ Court | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Maidstone Combined Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Manchester CJC | 16 | 1 | 0 |
Manchester Crown Minshull Street | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Manchester Crown Square | 5 | 0 | 2 |
Manchester Magistrates’ Court | 8 | 3 | 1 |
Mansfield Magistrates’ and County | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Medway County Court | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Merthyr Combined | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Milton Keynes Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Newcastle CFC | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Newcastle Combined Court | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Newcastle Probate Registry | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Newport Crown Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Newton Aycliffe Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
North Shields CFC | 1 | 0 | 0 |
North Staffordshire Justice Centre | 0 | 1 | 1 |
North Tyneside Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Norwich Combined Court | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Nottingham Crown Court | 4 | 0 | 2 |
Nottingham Justice Centre | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Oxford Combined Court | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Oxford Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Peterborough Combined Court | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Peterlee Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Plymouth Combined Court | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Poole Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Port Talbot Justice Centre | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Portsmouth Combined Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Portsmouth Magistrates’ | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Portsmouth Magistrates’ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Preston Combined Court | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Preston Magistrates Court | 1 | 1 | 1 |
RCJ - Criminal Appeal Office | 1 | 0 | 0 |
RCJ Rolls building | 1 | 0 | 0 |
RCJ/QBD | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Reading Crown Court | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Reading Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Reedley Family Hearing Centre | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Salford CCMC | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Scarborough Justice Centre | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Sefton Magistrates’ | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sheffield Combined Court | 7 | 0 | 3 |
Sheffield Family Hearing Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Sheffield Magistrates’ Court | 4 | 0 | 3 |
Southampton Combined | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Southampton Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Southend Combined Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Southwark Crown Court | 2 | 0 | 0 |
St Georges Hall (ACTC) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
St Helens County Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Stafford Combined Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Staines County Court | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Staines Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Stevenage Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stockport Combined | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Stoke CTSC Bennett House | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Stoke on Trent Combined Court | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Stratford Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Swansea CJC | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Swindon Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Tameside Magistrates' Court | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Taunton Combined Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Taunton Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Teesside Combined Court | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Teesside Magistrates’ Court | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Telford Justice Centre | 0 | 1 | 0 |
The Lowry | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Truro Combined Court | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Truro Crown Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Uxbridge Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Walsall Magistrates’ Court | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Warrington Combined Court | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Westminster Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Wigan Magistrates’ and County Court | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Willesden Magistrates’ Court | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court | 2 | 0 | 1 |
Wirral Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Wolverhampton Combined Court | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Woolwich Crown Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Worcester Justice Centre | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wrexham County Court | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Wrexham Magistrates’ Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Yeovil County, Family & Magistrates | 0 | 0 | 1 |
York Crown Court | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 276 | 45 | 89 |
Table 2: shows breakdown of positive COVID-19 cases identified at tribunal locations for staff, judiciary, and tribunal users between 18 August and 12 November. | |||
Tribunal location | Staff | Judiciary | User |
Birmingham ET | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Bradford, Phoenix House | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Glasgow Tribunal Centre | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Harmondsworth Tribunal Hearing Centre | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hatton Cross IAC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Leeds ET, City Exchange | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Leeds York House | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Liverpool SSCS | 1 | 0 | 0 |
London, Fox Court | 1 | 0 | 0 |
London, Field House | 0 | 1 | 0 |
London, Victory House | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Manchester ET | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Manchester Tribunals Hearing Centre | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Plymouth, St Catherine's Tribunal Hearing Centre | 1 | 0 | 0 |
TOTALS | 19 | 4 | 1 |
All data is internal and not subject to the same level of checks as official published statistics. Although care has been taken when processing and analysing this, the details may be subject to revisions inherent in any large-scale manual system.