Written question asked by Steve Reed (Labour) on Monday, 21 February 2022, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 February 2022 (named day). It was answered by James Cartlidge (Conservative) on Thursday, 3 March 2022 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.

Courts: Closures

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022, to Question 121764, on Courts: Closures, if he will publish (a) figures for the sale proceeds for each of those 164 sales and (b) details of to whom each property was sold.

Answer

The courts sales proceeds for each of the courts sold by HMCTS since 2010 is shown below. Purchaser information was published in PQ 132501 for the period 2010/11 to 2017/18, however, HMCTS does not hold this information from the 2018/19 financial year onwards.

Since 2015, sale proceeds totalling £211m have been reinvested in the HMCTS reform programme, to transform the justice system, including introducing 21st century technology and online services to increase access to justice and improve efficiency.

The decision to close any court is not taken lightly. It only happens following full public consultation and only when effective access to justice can be maintained.

As part of the Spending Review, we are investing £477 million in the Criminal Justice System over the next three years to help reduce the backlog further and deliver the swift access to justice that victims deserve.

Court	Sales Proceeds (£)
Aberdare Magistrates' Court	275,000
Abergavenny Magistrates' Court	460,000
Abertillery Magistrates' Court	81,000
Acton Magistrates' Court	1,176,665
Alnwick Magistrates' Court	20,000
Alton Magistrates’ Court	908,310
Ammanford Magistrates' Court	90,000
Andover Magistrates' Court	537,500
Ashford Magistrates' Court	375,000
Balham Magistrates' Youth Court	2,000,000
Banbury Magistrates’ and County Court	1,275,000
Barking & Dagenham Magistrates' Court	505,000
Barry Magistrates' Court	250,000
Batley & Dewsbury Magistrates' Court	300,000
Bicester Magistrates' Court	1,270,000
Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates' Court	253,310
Birmingham Magistrates' Youth Court	1,350,000
Bishop Auckland Magistrates' Court	150,000
Blackfriars Crown Court	64,258,161
Blandford Forum Magistrates' Court	175,000
Blaydon Magistrates' Court	144,990
Bournemouth Magistrates' Court	1,920,299
Bow County Court	3,500,000
Bracknell Magistrates’ Court	1,000,001
Brecon Law Courts Magistrates'	575,000
Brentford Magistrates' Court	650,000
Bridgend Law Courts Magistrates'	375,000
Bridgwater Magistrates' Court	167,652
Burton Upon Trent County Court	185,000
Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court	240,000
Bury Magistrates' & County Court	400,000
Bury St Edmunds Crown & Magistrates' Court	1,050,000
Caerphilly Magistrates' Court	445,000
Camberwell Green Magistrates' Court	13,492,500
Camborne Magistrates' Court	137,500
Cardigan Magistrates' Court	48,910
Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) Magistrates'	223,000
Chesterfield County Court	20,000
Chester-le-Street Magistrates' Court	100,000
Chippenham Magistrates' & Civil Court	2,500,000
Cirencester Magistrates' Court	450,000
Coalville Magistrates' Court	245,000
Coleford Magistrates' Court	170,000
Consett County Court	81,265
Consett Magistrates' Court	225,000
Corby Magistrates' Court	140,000
Cromer Magistrates' Court	325,000
Dartford Magistrates' Court	1,000,000
Daventry Magistrates' Court	140,000
Denbigh Magistrates' Court	165,000
Dewsbury County Court	276,000
Didcot Magistrates' Court	400,000
Dolgellau Crown & Magistrates' Court	67,509
Doncaster County Court	270,000
Dover Magistrates' Court	350,000
Eastbourne Magistrates' & County Court	805,000
Epping Magistrates' Court	750,000
Ely Magistrates Court	1
Fareham Magistrates' Court	1,150,000
Feltham Magistrates' Court	2,150,000
Flint Magistrates' Court	87,500
Frome Magistrates' Court	397,666
Goole Magistrates' Court	60,000
Gosforth Magistrates' Court	378,000
Grantham County Court	112,000
Grantham Magistrates' Court	560,000
Gravesend County Court	100,000
Grays Magistrates' Court	365,475
Greenwich Magistrates' Court	12,005,000
Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates' Court	275,000
Halesowen Magistrates' Court	314,250
Halifax County & Magistrates’ Court	750,000
Hammersmith Magistrates' Court	43,000,000
Haringey Magistrates' Court	10,100,000
Harrow Magistrates' Court	1,125,000
Hemel Hempstead Magistrates' Court	650,000
Hinckley Magistrates' Court	800,000
Holyhead Magistrates' Court	112,500
Honiton Magistrates' Court	183,000
Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates' Court	90,000
Ilford County Court	1,313,013
Ilkeston Magistrates' Court	610,000
Keighley County Court	130,000
Kendal Magistrates' & County Court	720,000
Kettering County Court	200,000
Kettering Magistrates' Court	187,500
Knowsley Magistrates' Court	250,000
Knutsford Crown Court	1,600,000
Lewes Magistrates' Court	1,900,000
Liskeard Magistrates' Court	380,000
Llangefni Civil and Family Court	72,000
Llwynypia Magistrates' Court	471,010
Lowestoft Magistrates' Court	150,000
Lyndhurst Magistrates' Court	900,000
Macclesfield Magistrates' Court	385,000
Maidenhead Magistrates’ Court	1,900,000
Market Drayton Magistrates' Court	100,000
Market Harborough Magistrates' Court	291,500
Melton Mowbray Magistrates' Court	147,000
Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates' Court	2,105,000
Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court	250,000
Neath Magistrates’ Court	450,000
Newark Magistrates' Court	405,000
Northallerton Magistrates' Court	450,000
Northwich Magistrates' Court	260,000
Oldham Magistrates' Court	650,000
Ormskirk Magistrates' Court	250,000
Oswestry Magistrates' Court	110,602
Penrith Magistrates' Court	174,600
Penzance County Court	230,000
Pontefract Magistrates' Court	205,000
Pontypool County Court	200,000
Pontypridd Magistrates' Court	350,000
Pwllheli Magistrates' Court	131,013
Rawtenstall Magistrates' Court	135,000
Redditch County Court	345,000
Redhill Magistrates' & Reigate County Court	6,550,000
Retford Magistrates' Court	151,000
Rhyl County Court	92,150
Richmond-upon-Thames Magistrates' Court	9,838,000
Rochdale Magistrates Court	330,000
Rugby Magistrates' Court	285,000
Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court	200,000
Salford Magistrates' Court	544,000
Sandwell Magistrates' Court	530,000
Selby Magistrates' Court	200,000
Sittingbourne Magistrates' Court	430,000
Skegness Magistrates' Court	150,000
Solihull Magistrates' Court	4,312,000
Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates' Court	304,000
Spalding Magistrates’ Court	270,430
Stafford Magistrates' Court	435,000
Stoke on Trent Magistrates' Court	186,000
Stourbridge County Court	345,000
Sudbury Magistrates' Court	112,000
Sunderland County Court	326,000
Sutton Coldfield Magistrates' Court	440,000
Sutton Magistrates' Court	2,247,000
Swaffham Magistrates' Court	155,000
Tamworth Magistrates' & County Court	437,500
Thetford Magistrates' Court	231,550
Torquay Magistrates' Court	450,000
Totnes Magistrates' Court	237,000
Tottenham Magistrates' Court	4,570,000
Tower Bridge Magistrates' Court	8,525,000
Trafford Magistrates' Court & Altrincham County Court	3,235,000
Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates' Court	102,500
Wakefield & Pontefract Magistrates' Court	360,000
Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court	3,471,040
Wantage Magistrates’ Court	657,000
Watford Magistrates' Court	3,836,000
West Berkshire (Newbury) Magistrates' Court	1,000,000
West Bromwich Magistrates' Court	160,000
Weston-Super-Mare Magistrates' Court	116,078
Whitehaven Magistrates' Court	200,000
Wimborne Magistrates' Court	310,000
Wisbech Magistrates' Court	151,350
Witney Magistrates' Court	330,000
Woking Magistrates' Court	1,050,000
Woolwich County Court	2,555,000
Woolwich Magistrates' Court	335,000
Worksop County Court	151,335
Worksop Magistrates' Court	115,000
Yate (North Avon) Magistrates' Court	1,350,000
	264,287,135

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Type: Written question
Reference: 126655
Session: 2021-22
Related items: Courts: Closures
Monday, 21 February 2022
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects: Courts Closures Buildings Sales
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Courts: Closures

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