Tribunals: Closures

(asked on 18th April 2018) - View Source

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 Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 23rd April 2018

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

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