Juries: Coronavirus
(asked on 19th February 2021) - 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 jurors, by court, since 26 January 2021.
We follow all Public Health and Government COVID-secure guidelines and have put measures in place to keep all court and tribunal users safe. When Government or Public Health guidance changes our measures are updated, an approach which is endorsed by Public Health England and Public Health Wales.
The table below sets out the number of new confirmed COVID-19 cases reported to HMCTS among (a) staff, (b) judiciary, (c) jurors and (d) users between 26 January 2021 and 19 February 2021. Due to the time taken for individuals to take a test, receive test results, and then communicate this to HMCTS (which is then recorded against the date initially reported) further cases may be added after the time of publishing. The table only includes court locations within the HMCTS estate where we have learnt about a new positive case within the dates given above. All other court sites have not reported any new cases between these dates. There should be no assumption that a positive case indicates that there has been transmission within a court building.
HMCTS employs around 19,800 staff (payroll and non-payroll). There are around 19,400 judicial office holders covering all jurisdictions, including coroners and magistrates. The population of jurors fluctuates each week, but we estimate around 4,000 jurors attend weekly.
For staff and agency staff in HMCTS as a whole (including tribunals), positive test rates are falling in line with national numbers. The incident rate amongst staff is trending around the national average.
Comparability with national statistics will be affected by our staff locations (staff are not evenly distributed across the country) and when the numbers are changing rapidly the difference between incident date (our figures) and date of positive test (national figures) becomes relevant. However, overall, the trend is not dissimilar to national averages time.
Note that courts without any confirmed positive cases in the time period are not listed.
Court locations | Staff | Judges | Jurors | Court and tribunal user |
AMERSHAM LAW COURTS |
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| 1 |
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BIRMINGHAM CIVIL AND FAMILY JUSTICE CENTRE | 2 | 1 |
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BIRMINGHAM CROWN COURT |
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| 1 |
BIRMINGHAM MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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BOLTON COMBINED COURT |
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| 1 |
BRADFORD COMBINED COURT | 1 | 1 |
| 1 |
BRENTFORD COUNTY COURT & FAMILY COURT |
| 1 |
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BROMLEY COUNTY COURT & FAMILY COURT | 8 |
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BROMLEY MAGISTRATES COURT |
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| 1 |
CAMBRIDGE CROWN COURT |
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| 2 |
CANTERBURY COMBINED COURT CENTRE | 1 |
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CARDIFF MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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CENTRAL FAMILY COURT (First Avenue House) | 4 |
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CHELMSFORD COUNTY AND FAMILY COURT |
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| 1 |
COVENTRY MAGISTRATES COURT |
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| 1 |
CRAWLEY MAGISTRATES COURT |
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| 1 |
CROYDON CROWN, COUNTY COURT AND FAMILY COURT |
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| 1 |
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DERBY COMBINED COURT CENTRE |
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| 2 |
DUDLEY MAGISTRATES COURT |
| 1 |
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DURHAM JUSTICE CENTRE | 1 |
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FOLKESTONE MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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GREAT GRIMSBY COMBINED COURT CENTRE |
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| 1 |
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GUILDFORD MAGISTRATES COURT AND FAMILY COURT |
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| 1 |
HARROW CROWN COURT |
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| 2 |
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HENDON MAGISTRATES COURT |
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| 1 |
HIGHBURY CORNER MAGISTRATES |
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| 2 |
HOVE TRIAL CENTRE |
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| 1 |
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HULL MAGISTRATES COURT |
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| 1 |
INNER LONDON CROWN COURT |
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| 1 |
IPSWICH MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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ISLEWORTH CROWN COURT |
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| 1 |
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KIDDERMINSTER MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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KINGSTON UPON THAMES CROWN COURT | 1 |
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KIRKLEES (HUDDERSFIELD) MAGISTRATE COURT & FAMILY COURT |
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| 1 |
LEEDS CIVIL HEARING CENTRE | 1 |
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LEEDS COMBINED COURT CENTRE | 4 |
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LEEDS MAGISTRATES COURT & FAMILY COURT | 3 |
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LEICESTER MAGISTRATES COURT | 2 |
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LINCOLN COUNTY COURT & FAMILY COURT | 1 |
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LINCOLN CROWN COURT |
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| 1 |
LIVERPOOL CIVIL AND FAMILY COURT | 3 | 1 |
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LIVERPOOL CROWN COURT | 2 |
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LOUGHBOROUGH MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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LUTON AND SOUTH BEDFORDSHIRE MAGISTRATES COURT AND FAMILY COURT | 1 |
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| 2 |
LUTON CROWN COURT |
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| 1 | 2 |
LUTON JUSTICE CENTRE | 3 | 2 |
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MANCHESTER COUNTY & FAMILY COURT | 2 |
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MANCHESTER CROWN COURT (CROWN SQUARE) |
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| 1 |
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MANCHESTER CROWN COURT (MINSHULL STREET) |
| 1 |
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MANCHESTER MAGISTRATES COURT | 2 | 1 |
| 1 |
MEDWAY MAGISTRATES COURT AND FAMILY COURT | 1 |
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| 1 |
MERTHYR TYDFIL COMBINED COURT CENTRE |
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| 1 |
MID & SOUTH EAST NORTHUMBERLAND LAW COURT | 1 |
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NEWCASTLE CIVIL & FAMILY COURTS & TRIBUNALS CENTRE | 1 |
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NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE COMBINED COURT CENTRE |
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| 1 | 2 |
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE JUSTICE CENTRE |
| 1 |
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NORTH TYNESIDE MAGISTRATES COURT | 5 |
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NORTHAMPTON CROWN COURT, COUNTY COURT & FAMILY COURT | 2 |
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NOTTINGHAM COUNTY COURT AND FAMILY COURT | 1 |
| 1 |
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NOTTINGHAM MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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OXFORD COMBINED COURT CENTRE |
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| 2 |
PETERBOROUGH COMBINED COURT CENTRE | 1 |
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PETERBOROUGH MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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| 1 |
POOLE MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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| 1 |
PORTSMOUTH COMBINED COURT CENTRE | 1 |
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PRESTON COMBINED COURT CENTRE |
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| 1 |
PRESTON CROWN COURT | 2 |
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READING CROWN COURT |
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| 2 |
READING MAGISTRATES COURT AND FAMILY COURT |
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| 1 |
ROLLS BUILDING | 2 | 1 |
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ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE - East Block | 2 |
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ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE – MAIN BUILDING | 1 |
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ROYAL COURTS OF JUSTICE – THOMAS MOORE BUILDING | 2 |
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SCARBOROUGH JUSTICE CENTRE | 1 |
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SHEFFIELD MAGISTRATES COURT |
| 1 |
| 1 |
SHREWSBURY JUSTICE CENTRE |
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| 1 |
SNARESBROOK CROWN COURT |
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| 1 | 1 |
SOUTH TYNESIDE MAGISTRATES COURT & FAMILY COURT |
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| 1 |
SOUTHAMPTOM COMBINED COURT CENTRE |
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| 2 |
STAFFORD COMBINED COURT CENTRE |
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| 1 |
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STAINES MAGISTRATES COURT AND FAMILY COURT | 2 |
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STOKE-ON-TRENT COMBINED COURT | 1 |
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| 1 |
SWANSEA CROWN COURT | 1 |
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SWANSEA MAGISTRATES COURT |
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| 1 |
TEESSIDE COMBINED COURT CENTRE |
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| 1 |
TEESIDE MAGISTRATES COURT |
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| 1 |
THAMES MAGISTRATES COURT |
| 1 |
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UXBRIDGE MAGISTRATES COURT |
| 1 |
| 5 |
WALSALL COUNTY & FAMILY COURT | 1 |
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WARWICKSHIRE JUSTICE CENTRE (SOUTH) |
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| 1 |
WESTMINSTER MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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WILLESDEN MAGISTRATES COURT | 1 |
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WIMBLEDON MAGISTRATES COURT |
| 2 |
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WOOLWICH CROWN COURT | 1 |
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YORK MAGISTRATES & FAMILY COURT |
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| 1 |