Magistrates' Courts: Closures

(asked on 17th December 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates' courts have been closed in each local justice area in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Shailesh Vara Portrait
Shailesh Vara
This question was answered on 5th January 2016

The tables below shows magistrates’ courts that have closed since 2010:

2010

Wantage Magistrates Court


2011

Aberdare Magistrates Court

Abertillery Magistrates Court

Acton Magistrates Court

Alnwick Magistrates Court

Amersham Magistrates Court

Ammanford Magistrates Court

Ashford Magistrates Court

Balham Youth Court

Barking & Dagenham Magistrates Court

Barry Magistrates Court

Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court

Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court

Blandford Forum Magistrates Court

Blaydon Magistrates Court

Brentford Magistrates Court

Cardigan Magistrates Court

Chepstow Magistrates Court

Cirencester Magistrates Court

Coalville Magistrates Court

Coleford Magistrates Court

Cromer Magistrates Court

Daventry Magistrates Court

Didcot Magistrates Court

Ely Magistrates Court

Epsom Magistrates Court

Flint Magistrates Court

Frome Magistrates Court

Goole Magistrates Court

Gosforth Magistrates Court

Grays Magistrates Court

Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court

Halesowen Magistrates Court

Harrow Magistrates Court

Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court

Honiton Magistrates Court

Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court

Ilkeston Magistrates Court

Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court

Knowsley Magistrates Court

Lewes Magistrates Court

Liskeard Magistrates Court

Llandovery Magistrates Court

Llangefni Magistrates Court

Llwynypia Magistrates Court

Ludlow Magistrates Court

Lyndhurst Magistrates Court

Market Drayton Magistrates Court

Market Harborough Magistrates Court

Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court

Newark Magistrates Court

Northwich Magistrates Court

Oswestry Magistrates Court

Penrith Magistrates Court

Penzance Magistrates Court

Pwllheli Magistrates Court

Rawtenstall Magistrates Court

Retford Magistrates Court

Rochdale Magistrates Court

Rugby Magistrates Court

Rutland Magistrates Court

Salford Magistrates Court

Sittingbourne Magistrates Court

Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court

Sudbury Magistrates Court

Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court

Sutton Magistrates Court

Swaffham Magistrates Court

Tamworth Magistrates Court

Thetford Magistrates Court

Totnes Magistrates Court

Towcester Magistrates Court

Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court

West Bromwich Magistrates Court

Whitehaven Magistrates Court

Wimborne Magistrates Court

Wisbech Magistrates Court

Witney Magistrates Court

Woking Magistrates Court

Woolwich Magistrates Court


2012

Batley & Dewsbury Magistrates Court

Bridgwater Magistrates Court

Camborne Magistrates Court

Epping Magistrates Court

Haringey Magistrates Court

Harwich Magistrates Court

Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court

Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court

Witham Magistrates Court


2013

Andover Magistrates Court

Denbigh Magistrates Court

Pontefract Magistrates Court

Selby Magistrates Court

Tower Bridge Magistrates Court


2014

Alton Magistrates Court

Bracknell Magistrates Court

Neath Magistrates Court

North Liverpool Community Justice Centre

Spalding Magistrates Court


2015

Abergavenny Magistrates Court


It is not possible to present the above sites by their local justice areas as many local justice area boundaries change over time.

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