Written question asked by Jonathan Lord (Conservative) on Tuesday, 27 July 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 September 2010. It was answered by Jonathan Djanogly (Conservative) on Monday, 13 September 2010 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Magistrates Courts

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the proportion of the population in (a) Woking and (b) the North West Surrey local justice area able to travel to Staines Magistrates' Court by public transport in 60 minutes.

Answer: Statistics are not kept centrally on the population or geographical spread of people in each local justice area. It is proposed that only work currently heard at Woking from Runnymede will transfer to Staines, which is around 20 minutes by bus. The remaining two-thirds of work will be transferred to Guildford, which is 6.4 miles from Woking (20 minutes by car; eight minutes by train). Further analysis of travel times will be undertaken during the consultation period.

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