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<p>Court utilisation rates are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="5"><p><strong>Camberwell Green Magistrates’ and Youth Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td
colspan="4"><p>Building utilisation rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan – Dec 2017</p></td><td
colspan="4"><p>75%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan – Dec 2018</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>66%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Croydon
Magistrates’ Court</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Building utilisation
rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan – Dec 2017</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>65%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan
– Dec 2018</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>61%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>
</p><p>The utilisation quoted is for all jurisdictions (work type) sharing the Magistrates'
Court building, and not just for Magistrates' work. Availability is calculated as
2.5 hours per session per working day, and there are generally 2 sessions per working
day, giving a notional 5-hour sitting day.</p><p>Available Hours represents the hours
notionally available, irrespective of whether subsequently utilised for crime, civil,
family or tribunal hearings.</p><p> </p><p>The Utilisation Rate represents the total
utilisation of the notional capacity of each venue, of which magistrates court hearings
will therefore only be a subset. The availability figure ignores all short-term unavailability
as a result, for example, of being out of use due to local/temporary building work,
or use by other organisations. Utilisation is only recorded for hearings in HMCTS-controlled
or owned Court/hearing rooms where parties were physically present.</p><p> </p><p>The
utilisation rate is calculated as the total hours used divided by the number of notionally
available hours. The data was produced from the HMCTS Performance Database on 8 July
2019.</p><p>Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details
are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system and
is the best data that is available.</p>
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