Magistrates' Courts: Closures
Commons · Question 40504 · Tabled 24 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Question
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...