Courts: Closures

(asked on 15th November 2018) - View Source
Questioner
Liz Saville Roberts Portrait
Liz Saville Roberts
(Plaid Cymru - Dwyfor Meirionnydd)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2018 to Question 131222 on Courts: Closures, which courts closed since 2010 have yet to be sold; and what the annual maintenance costs have been of each of those court premises.

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

Of the courts that have closed since 2010, the following have yet to be sold or disposed of, with annual maintenance costs since their closure set out below:

Court

2018/19*

2017/18

2016/17

2015/16

Abergavenny Magistrates’ Court

3,232

6,315

6,007

1,907

Alton Magistrates’ Court

3,073

6,273

5,963

575

Birmingham Youth Court

15,295

6,359

-

-

Brecon Magistrates’ Court

-

10,567

2,697

-

Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court

-

5,454

12,189

-

Chichester Magistrates’ Court

2,970

8,247

-

-

Chippenham Magistrates’ Court

10,684

6,267

-

-

Lyndhurst Magistrates’ Court

1,821

3,254

2,673

556

Oswestry Magistrates’ Court

2,320

29,603

3,235

1,012

Runcorn Magistrates’ Court

-

270

-

-

Sheffield Employment Tribunal

3,909

4,203

-

-

Southampton Combined Court

10,750

12,551

6,099

-

Telford County Court

10,418

11,378

-

-

Torquay Magistrates’ Court

4,232

-

-

-

*to Oct 18

Information relating to annual maintenance costs for the period prior to the 2015/16 financial year could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

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