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Magistrates' Courts: Closures

Commons · Question 40504 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 28 Mar 2025

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Asked by Gareth Snell

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Magistrates Courts were (a) partially and (b) fully closed between 1 May 2010 and 1 July 2024, broken down by region.

Answer

Answered by Sarah Sackman, 28 Mar 2025

The table below shows the number of Magistrates’ Courts that were permanently closed between 1 May 2010 and 1 July 2024, broken down by region. The figures do not include integrations, where workload remained in the local area by transferring to a buildin...