Courts: Closures
(asked on 15th November 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of exiting leases, including dilapidation costs, as a result of the closure of (a) magistrate's courts, (b) county courts and (c) tribunal centres since 2010.
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Cost of exiting leases for financial year 2015/16 to October 2018 | |
County courts | £609,000 |
Magistrates' courts | £4,400 |
Tribunals | £1,389,633 |
Total | £2,003,033 |
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Due to changes in finance systems, the information requested relating to lease exiting costs for the financial years 2010/11 to 2014/15 could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Lease dilapidations costs for financial year 2010/11 to October 2018 | |
County courts | £1,717,401 |
Magistrates' courts | £244,698 |
Tribunals | £1,653,291 |
Total | £3,615,390 |
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