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Written question asked by Jonathan Edwards (Plaid Cymru) on Monday, 5 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 7 July 2010. It was answered by Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative) on Tuesday, 13 July 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Ammanford Magistrates Court

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases Ammanford magistrates court has heard since 2005.
Answer

Ammanford magistrates court is located within the Dinefwr local justice area (LJA) and is the only court within the LJA currently hearing cases. Data on the number of completed cases in the Dinefwr LJA in the last three years are provided in the following table.

Civil and family Criminal Means enquiries Grand total
2007-08 24 1520 8 1552
2008-09 35 1412 0 1447
2009-10 36 956 5 997

The other court in the Dinefwr LJA is Llandovery magistrates court, which is owned by the local authority and being used as a library. The formal closure of Llandovery is also being consulted on as part of the consultations on the provision of court services.I must stress that no decision has yet been taken to close Ammanford magistrates court and I encourage responses to the public consultation that is ongoing and which closes on 15 September."Note:""The data are not centrally available at LJA level before April 2007 and exclude Right to Representation Orders. The data come from an internal management system, are subject to our minimal levels of quality assurance and are based on the data currently available."

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
6761; 513 c635-6W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Magistrates' courts Ammanford
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk