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.
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.