Courts: Coronavirus

(asked on 9th September 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on which dates each of the Nightingale courts started trials; when those courts will be operating at full capacity; and what plans the Government has for further Nightingale courts.


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 14th September 2020

The table below provides the dates on which each Nightingale court began to conduct hearings including civil, family, tribunals and non-custodial crime work.

Location

Hearings commenced

Prospero House, London

03/08/2020

Former Telford County Court

17/08/2020

Former Fleetwood Magistrates Court

24/08/2020

*Hertfordshire Development Centre

17/08/2020

Swansea Civic Centre

17/08/2020

Cloth Hall Court, Leeds

28/08/2020

Middlesbrough Town Hall

18/08/2020

East Pallant House, Chichester

20/07/2020

Petty France, London

24/08/2020

Peterborough Cathedral

01/09/2020

*The venue in Hertfordshire was hired for a specific period to meet a targeted operational need. This site is now closed.

We are listing cases for all the available hearing space at the nine Nightingale courts that are currently open in order to maximise our hearing capacity.

HMCTS has published an update on their response to Covid-19 in the criminal courts in England and Wales (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-and-tribunal-recovery-update-in-response-to-coronavirus). This provides a comprehensive update on recovery plans and includes details about Nightingale courts and our plans to open additional locations.

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