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<p>HM Courts & Tribunals Service assesses the court and tribunal estate against
its estates principles - ensuring access to justice, delivering value for money and
enabling efficiency in longer-term.</p><p> </p><p>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. Courts that have closed were either
underused, dilapidated or too close to one another with every penny of those closed
since 2016 reinvested in the justice system.</p><p> </p><p>We have always been clear
that our Reform Programme will result in the need for fewer court and tribunal buildings
and that this will only happen when there is sound evidence that people are using
them less.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no active proposals to close further
crown or magistrates’ courts beyond those already announced.</p>
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