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Magistrates' Courts: Closures

Commons · Question 14449 · Tabled 15 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 20 Nov 2024

Question

Asked by Grahame Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates courts closed in each year since 2010.

Answer

Answered by Heidi Alexander, 20 Nov 2024

The table below shows the number of Magistrates’ Courts that have permanently closed in each financial year (FY) since 2010/11. The figures do not include integrations, where workload remained in the local area by transferring to a building in close proxi...