Courts

(asked on 20th July 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the oral evidence of the Chief Executive, HM Courts and Tribunals Service to the Justice Select Committee on 23 June 2020, when his Department will publish information on (a) where the next round of Nightingale court venues will be located and (b) when these court venues will be functional.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 1st September 2020

On 19 July, HM Courts & Tribunals Service announced ten locations to provide additional capacity for the courts and tribunals estate on a temporary basis. These sites are located across England and Wales and are intended to hear civil, family and tribunals work as well as non-custodial crime cases, and thereby free up room in existing courts to hear other cases, including custodial jury trials.

HM Courts and Tribunals Service is working to have all these locations up and running by the end of August. Additional potential sites are being explored across the country and these will be confirmed in due course.

Reticulating Splines