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	registered interest
	date	05/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Parole Board
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the timetable is for the review of the transparency of Parole Board decision-making.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	126575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The review of the transparency of Parole Board decision- making remains a priority for the Government. The intention is that we will have completed the review by Easter.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 08/02/2018 17:20:42 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

886255

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many courts have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	136450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not hold court and tribunal closure information by parliamentary constituency, however, I provide below a list of closures recorded between financial years 2010-11 and 2016-17. In the case of tribunals, we do not hold information centrally for tribunal closures pre-dating 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2010-2011 financial year</strong></p><p>Wantage Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2011–2012 financial year</strong></p><p>Aberdare County Court</p><p>Aberdare Magistrates Court</p><p>Abertillery Magistrates Court</p><p>Acton Magistrates Court</p><p>Alnwick Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Amersham Magistrates Court</p><p>Ammanford Magistrates Court</p><p>Ashford County Court</p><p>Ashford Magistrates Court</p><p>Balham Youth Court</p><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham Magistrates Court</p><p>Barry Magistrates Court</p><p>Batley &amp; Dewsbury Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland County Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court</p><p>Blandford Forum Magistrates Court</p><p>Blaydon Magistrates Court</p><p>Brentford Magistrates Court</p><p>Bridgwater Magistrates Court</p><p>Camborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Cardigan Magistrates Court</p><p>Cheltenham County Court</p><p>Chepstow County Court</p><p>Chepstow Magistrates Court</p><p>Chorley County Court</p><p>Cirencester Magistrates Court</p><p>Coalville Magistrates Court</p><p>Coleford Magistrates Court</p><p>Consett County Court</p><p>Cromer Magistrates Court</p><p>Daventry Magistrates Court</p><p>Dewsbury County Court</p><p>Didcot Magistrates Court</p><p>Ely Magistrates Court</p><p>Epping Magistrates Court</p><p>Epsom County Court</p><p>Epsom Magistrates Court</p><p>Evesham County Court</p><p>Flint Magistrates Court</p><p>Frome Magistrates Court</p><p>Goole County Court</p><p>Goole Magistrates Court</p><p>Gosforth Magistrates Court</p><p>Grantham County Court</p><p>Gravesend County Court</p><p>Grays Magistrates Court</p><p>Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court</p><p>Halesowen Magistrates Court</p><p>Harlow County Court</p><p>Harrow Magistrates Court</p><p>Haywards Heath County Court</p><p>Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court</p><p>Hitchin County Court</p><p>Honiton Magistrates Court</p><p>Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court</p><p>Huntingdon County Court</p><p>Ilford County Court</p><p>Ilkeston Magistrates Court</p><p>Keighley County Court</p><p>Kidderminster County Court</p><p>Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court</p><p>Knowsley Magistrates Court</p><p>Lewes Magistrates Court</p><p>Liskeard Magistrates Court</p><p>Llandovery Magistrates Court</p><p>Llangefni Magistrates Court</p><p>Llwynypia Magistrates Court</p><p>Lowestoft County Court (FPC)</p><p>Ludlow County Court</p><p>Ludlow Magistrates Court</p><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Drayton Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Harborough Magistrates Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray County Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court</p><p>Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court</p><p>Newark County Court</p><p>Newark Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Newbury County Court</p><p>Northwich County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Northwich Magistrates Court (FPC) (same as County)</p><p>Oswestry County Court</p><p>Oswestry Magistrates Court</p><p>Penrith County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Penrith Magistrates Court (same building a County)</p><p>Penzance County Court</p><p>Penzance Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontypool County Court</p><p>Poole County Court</p><p>Pwllheli Magistrates Court</p><p>Rawtenstall County Court</p><p>Rawtenstall Magistrates Court</p><p>Redditch County Court</p><p>Retford Magistrates Court</p><p>Rochdale Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Rugby County Court</p><p>Rugby Magistrates Court</p><p>Runcorn County Court</p><p>Rutland Magistrates Court</p><p>Salford County Court</p><p>Salford Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Shrewsbury County Court</p><p>Sittingbourne Magistrates Court</p><p>Skegness County Court</p><p>Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court</p><p>Southport County Court</p><p>Stourbridge County Court</p><p>Stratford Upon Avon County Court</p><p>Sudbury Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Magistrates Court</p><p>Swaffham Magistrates Court</p><p>Tamworth County Court</p><p>Tamworth Magistrates Court</p><p>Thetford Magistrates Court</p><p>Totnes Magistrates Court</p><p>Towcester Magistrates Court</p><p>Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Wellingborough County Court</p><p>West Bromwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Whitehaven County Court</p><p>Whitehaven Magistrates Court</p><p>Wimborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Wisbech Magistrates Court</p><p>Witney Magistrates Court</p><p>Woking Magistrates Court</p><p>Woolwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Worksop County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during year 2012-2013 financial year </strong></p><p>Burton Upon Trent County Court</p><p>Haringey Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontefract County Court</p><p>Pontefract Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court</p><p>Selby Magistrates Court</p><p>Trowbridge County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2013-2014 financial year</strong></p><p>Abergavenny Magistrates' Court</p><p>Andover Magistrates Court</p><p>Denbigh Magistrates Court</p><p>North Liverpool Community Justice Centre</p><p>Tower Bridge Magistrates Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2014-15 financial year</strong></p><p>Alton Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bracknell Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Tribunal</p><p>Knutsford Crown Court</p><p>Neath Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Newcastle Tribunal - Quayside House</p><p>Spalding Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2015-2016 financial year</strong></p><p>Accrington County Court</p><p>Accrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>Aldershot &amp; Farnham County Court</p><p>Arcade Chambers - Aldershot Tribunal</p><p>Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge RPTS Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge Tribunal - Eastbrook House</p><p>Chesterfield County Court</p><p>Chesterfield St Marys Court - Chesterfield Tribunal</p><p>Doncaster Tribunal - Portland Place</p><p>Epsom Tribunal</p><p>Harrogate County Court</p><p>Hereford County Court</p><p>Norwich Tribunal - Elliot House</p><p>Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court</p><p>Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court</p><p>Solihull Magistrates' Court</p><p>The Crescent Centre - Bristol Tribunal</p><p>Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court</p><p>Worksop Magistrates' Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2016-2017 financial year</strong></p><p>Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court</p><p>Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only)</p><p>Bournemouth Magistrates' Court</p><p>Brecon Law Courts</p><p>Bridgend Law Courts</p><p>Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Buxton Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Caerphilly Magistrates' Court</p><p>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)</p><p>Consett Magistrates' Court</p><p>Corby Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dartford Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dolgellau Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Doncaster County Court</p><p>Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined)</p><p>Durham Elvet House - Durham Tribunal</p><p>Fareham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Feltham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Gloucester Magistrates' Court</p><p>Grantham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Greenwich Magistrates' Court</p><p>Halifax County Court</p><p>Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale)</p><p>Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only)</p><p>Hartlepool Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Hinckley Magistrates' Court</p><p>Kettering Magistrates' Court</p><p>King's Lynn County Court</p><p>Lowestoft Magistrates' Court</p><p>Macclesfield County Court</p><p>Macclesfield Magistrates' Court</p><p>Middlesbrough Centre North East - Middlesbrough Tribunal</p><p>Morpeth &amp; Berwick County Court</p><p>Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court</p><p>Oldham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Ormskirk Magistrates' Court</p><p>Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre</p><p>Pontypridd Magistrates' Court</p><p>Prestatyn Magistrates' Court</p><p>Redhill Magistrates' &amp; Reigate County Court</p><p>Rhyl County Court</p><p>Rotherham Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court</p><p>Sandwell Magistrates' Court</p><p>Scunthorpe Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Skegness Magistrates' Court</p><p>Southampton Barrack Block</p><p>St Helens Magistrates' Court</p><p>Stroud Magistrates' Court</p><p>Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall)</p><p>Tameside Magistrates' &amp; County Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Taunton Blackdown House - Taunton Tribunal</p><p>Tottenham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Trafford Magistrates' Court &amp; Altrincham County Court</p><p>Tunbridge Wells County Court</p><p>Wakefield &amp; Pontefract Magistrates' Court</p><p>Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Warrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury)</p><p>Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined Court Offices (Westwey House)</p><p>Wrexham Rhyd Broughton (Tribunal)</p><p>Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon)</p><p>Yeovil County Court</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 136451 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:48:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

886256

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Tribunals: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many tribunals have closed in each constituency in each year between 2010 and 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	136451
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts &amp; Tribunals Service does not hold court and tribunal closure information by parliamentary constituency, however, I provide below a list of closures recorded between financial years 2010-11 and 2016-17. In the case of tribunals, we do not hold information centrally for tribunal closures pre-dating 2015.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2010-2011 financial year</strong></p><p>Wantage Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2011–2012 financial year</strong></p><p>Aberdare County Court</p><p>Aberdare Magistrates Court</p><p>Abertillery Magistrates Court</p><p>Acton Magistrates Court</p><p>Alnwick Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Amersham Magistrates Court</p><p>Ammanford Magistrates Court</p><p>Ashford County Court</p><p>Ashford Magistrates Court</p><p>Balham Youth Court</p><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham Magistrates Court</p><p>Barry Magistrates Court</p><p>Batley &amp; Dewsbury Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland County Court</p><p>Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court</p><p>Blandford Forum Magistrates Court</p><p>Blaydon Magistrates Court</p><p>Brentford Magistrates Court</p><p>Bridgwater Magistrates Court</p><p>Camborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Cardigan Magistrates Court</p><p>Cheltenham County Court</p><p>Chepstow County Court</p><p>Chepstow Magistrates Court</p><p>Chorley County Court</p><p>Cirencester Magistrates Court</p><p>Coalville Magistrates Court</p><p>Coleford Magistrates Court</p><p>Consett County Court</p><p>Cromer Magistrates Court</p><p>Daventry Magistrates Court</p><p>Dewsbury County Court</p><p>Didcot Magistrates Court</p><p>Ely Magistrates Court</p><p>Epping Magistrates Court</p><p>Epsom County Court</p><p>Epsom Magistrates Court</p><p>Evesham County Court</p><p>Flint Magistrates Court</p><p>Frome Magistrates Court</p><p>Goole County Court</p><p>Goole Magistrates Court</p><p>Gosforth Magistrates Court</p><p>Grantham County Court</p><p>Gravesend County Court</p><p>Grays Magistrates Court</p><p>Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court</p><p>Halesowen Magistrates Court</p><p>Harlow County Court</p><p>Harrow Magistrates Court</p><p>Haywards Heath County Court</p><p>Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court</p><p>Hitchin County Court</p><p>Honiton Magistrates Court</p><p>Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court</p><p>Huntingdon County Court</p><p>Ilford County Court</p><p>Ilkeston Magistrates Court</p><p>Keighley County Court</p><p>Kidderminster County Court</p><p>Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court</p><p>Knowsley Magistrates Court</p><p>Lewes Magistrates Court</p><p>Liskeard Magistrates Court</p><p>Llandovery Magistrates Court</p><p>Llangefni Magistrates Court</p><p>Llwynypia Magistrates Court</p><p>Lowestoft County Court (FPC)</p><p>Ludlow County Court</p><p>Ludlow Magistrates Court</p><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Drayton Magistrates Court</p><p>Market Harborough Magistrates Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray County Court</p><p>Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court</p><p>Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court</p><p>Newark County Court</p><p>Newark Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Newbury County Court</p><p>Northwich County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Northwich Magistrates Court (FPC) (same as County)</p><p>Oswestry County Court</p><p>Oswestry Magistrates Court</p><p>Penrith County Court (same building as Mags)</p><p>Penrith Magistrates Court (same building a County)</p><p>Penzance County Court</p><p>Penzance Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontypool County Court</p><p>Poole County Court</p><p>Pwllheli Magistrates Court</p><p>Rawtenstall County Court</p><p>Rawtenstall Magistrates Court</p><p>Redditch County Court</p><p>Retford Magistrates Court</p><p>Rochdale Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Rugby County Court</p><p>Rugby Magistrates Court</p><p>Runcorn County Court</p><p>Rutland Magistrates Court</p><p>Salford County Court</p><p>Salford Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Shrewsbury County Court</p><p>Sittingbourne Magistrates Court</p><p>Skegness County Court</p><p>Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court</p><p>Southport County Court</p><p>Stourbridge County Court</p><p>Stratford Upon Avon County Court</p><p>Sudbury Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court</p><p>Sutton Magistrates Court</p><p>Swaffham Magistrates Court</p><p>Tamworth County Court</p><p>Tamworth Magistrates Court</p><p>Thetford Magistrates Court</p><p>Totnes Magistrates Court</p><p>Towcester Magistrates Court</p><p>Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Wellingborough County Court</p><p>West Bromwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Whitehaven County Court</p><p>Whitehaven Magistrates Court</p><p>Wimborne Magistrates Court</p><p>Wisbech Magistrates Court</p><p>Witney Magistrates Court</p><p>Woking Magistrates Court</p><p>Woolwich Magistrates Court</p><p>Worksop County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during year 2012-2013 financial year </strong></p><p>Burton Upon Trent County Court</p><p>Haringey Magistrates Court</p><p>Pontefract County Court</p><p>Pontefract Magistrates Court (FPC)</p><p>Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court</p><p>Selby Magistrates Court</p><p>Trowbridge County Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2013-2014 financial year</strong></p><p>Abergavenny Magistrates' Court</p><p>Andover Magistrates Court</p><p>Denbigh Magistrates Court</p><p>North Liverpool Community Justice Centre</p><p>Tower Bridge Magistrates Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2014-15 financial year</strong></p><p>Alton Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bracknell Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Tribunal</p><p>Knutsford Crown Court</p><p>Neath Magistrates’ Court</p><p>Newcastle Tribunal - Quayside House</p><p>Spalding Magistrates’ Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2015-2016 financial year</strong></p><p>Accrington County Court</p><p>Accrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>Aldershot &amp; Farnham County Court</p><p>Arcade Chambers - Aldershot Tribunal</p><p>Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge RPTS Tribunal</p><p>Cambridge Tribunal - Eastbrook House</p><p>Chesterfield County Court</p><p>Chesterfield St Marys Court - Chesterfield Tribunal</p><p>Doncaster Tribunal - Portland Place</p><p>Epsom Tribunal</p><p>Harrogate County Court</p><p>Hereford County Court</p><p>Norwich Tribunal - Elliot House</p><p>Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court</p><p>Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court</p><p>Solihull Magistrates' Court</p><p>The Crescent Centre - Bristol Tribunal</p><p>Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court</p><p>Worksop Magistrates' Court</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2016-2017 financial year</strong></p><p>Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court</p><p>Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only)</p><p>Bournemouth Magistrates' Court</p><p>Brecon Law Courts</p><p>Bridgend Law Courts</p><p>Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Buxton Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Caerphilly Magistrates' Court</p><p>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall)</p><p>Consett Magistrates' Court</p><p>Corby Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dartford Magistrates' Court</p><p>Dolgellau Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court</p><p>Doncaster County Court</p><p>Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined)</p><p>Durham Elvet House - Durham Tribunal</p><p>Fareham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Feltham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Gloucester Magistrates' Court</p><p>Grantham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Greenwich Magistrates' Court</p><p>Halifax County Court</p><p>Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale)</p><p>Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only)</p><p>Hartlepool Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Hinckley Magistrates' Court</p><p>Kettering Magistrates' Court</p><p>King's Lynn County Court</p><p>Lowestoft Magistrates' Court</p><p>Macclesfield County Court</p><p>Macclesfield Magistrates' Court</p><p>Middlesbrough Centre North East - Middlesbrough Tribunal</p><p>Morpeth &amp; Berwick County Court</p><p>Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court</p><p>Oldham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Ormskirk Magistrates' Court</p><p>Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre</p><p>Pontypridd Magistrates' Court</p><p>Prestatyn Magistrates' Court</p><p>Redhill Magistrates' &amp; Reigate County Court</p><p>Rhyl County Court</p><p>Rotherham Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court</p><p>Sandwell Magistrates' Court</p><p>Scunthorpe Magistrates' &amp; County Court</p><p>Skegness Magistrates' Court</p><p>Southampton Barrack Block</p><p>St Helens Magistrates' Court</p><p>Stroud Magistrates' Court</p><p>Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall)</p><p>Tameside Magistrates' &amp; County Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Taunton Blackdown House - Taunton Tribunal</p><p>Tottenham Magistrates' Court</p><p>Trafford Magistrates' Court &amp; Altrincham County Court</p><p>Tunbridge Wells County Court</p><p>Wakefield &amp; Pontefract Magistrates' Court</p><p>Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only)</p><p>Warrington Magistrates' Court</p><p>West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury)</p><p>Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined Court Offices (Westwey House)</p><p>Wrexham Rhyd Broughton (Tribunal)</p><p>Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon)</p><p>Yeovil County Court</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 136450 question first answered 23/04/2018 15:48:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

911130

	registered interest
	date	24/05/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Closures
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2018 to Question 136450 on court closures, if he will publish the postcodes of the courts listed that closed between the 2010-11 and 2016-17 financial years.
	tabling member constituency	Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford
	tabling member printed	Yvette Cooper
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	147811
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>I provide below a list of court closures for financial years 2010-11 to 2016-17 with the corresponding building postcode.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2010-2011 financial year</strong></p><p>Wantage Magistrates’ Court, OX12 8EQ</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2011–2012 financial year</strong></p><p>Aberdare County Court, CF44 0JE</p><p>Aberdare Magistrates Court, CF44 0NG</p><p>Abertillery Magistrates Court, NP13 1PB</p><p>Acton Magistrates Court, W3 8PB</p><p>Alnwick Magistrates Court (FPC), NE66 1UJ</p><p>Amersham Magistrates Court, HP6 5AJ</p><p>Ammanford Magistrates Court, SA18 2NP</p><p>Ashford County Court, TN23 1QQ</p><p>Ashford Magistrates Court, TN23 1QS</p><p>Balham Youth Court, SW17 7BD</p><p>Barking &amp; Dagenham Magistrates Court, IG11 8EW</p><p>Barry Magistrates Court, CF63 4SX</p><p>Batley &amp; Dewsbury Magistrates Court (FPC), WF13 1JP</p><p>Bingley (Keighley) Magistrates Court, BD1 1LA</p><p>Bishop Auckland County Court, DL14 6LD</p><p>Bishop Auckland Magistrates Court, DL14 6LD</p><p>Blandford Forum Magistrates Court, DT11 7HR</p><p>Blaydon Magistrates Court, NE8 1DT</p><p>Brentford Magistrates Court, TW8 8EN</p><p>Bridgwater Magistrates Court, TA6 3YL</p><p>Camborne Magistrates Court, TR14 8SL</p><p>Cardigan Magistrates Court, SA43 1BU</p><p>Cheltenham County Court, GL1 2DE</p><p>Chepstow County Court, NP16 5PB</p><p>Chepstow Magistrates Court, NP16 5PJ</p><p>Chorley County Court, PR7 1JE</p><p>Cirencester Magistrates Court, GL7 2PL</p><p>Coalville Magistrates Court, LE67 3DP</p><p>Coleford Magistrates Court, GL16 8BQ</p><p>Consett County Court, DH8 5AU</p><p>Cromer Magistrates Court, NR27 9EB</p><p>Daventry Magistrates Court, NN11 4BS</p><p>Dewsbury County Court, WF13 2PE</p><p>Didcot Magistrates Court, OX11 8XD</p><p>Ely Magistrates Court, CB7 4EG</p><p>Epping Magistrates Court, CM16 4LN</p><p>Epsom County Court, KT17 1DN</p><p>Epsom Magistrates Court, KT17 1DN</p><p>Evesham County Court, WR11 4EE</p><p>Flint Magistrates Court, CH6 5AY</p><p>Frome Magistrates Court, BA11 4JG</p><p>Goole County Court, DN14 5AE</p><p>Goole Magistrates Court, DN14 5AB</p><p>Gosforth Magistrates Court, NE3 4ES</p><p>Grantham County Court, NG31 7SB</p><p>Gravesend County Court, DA12 2DU</p><p>Grays Magistrates Court, RM17 5DA</p><p>Guisborough (East Langbaurgh) Magistrates Court, TS14 6HX</p><p>Halesowen Magistrates Court, B63 3DA</p><p>Harlow County Court, CM20 1UW</p><p>Harrow Magistrates Court, HA1 2JY</p><p>Haywards Heath County Court, RH16 1YZ</p><p>Hemel Hempstead Magistrates Court, HP1 1HF</p><p>Hitchin County Court, SG5 2JR</p><p>Honiton Magistrates Court, EX14 1LZ</p><p>Houghton-Le-Spring Magistrates Court, DH4 5BL</p><p>Huntingdon County Court, PE29 3BD</p><p>Ilford County Court, IG1 1TP</p><p>Ilkeston Magistrates Court, DE7 5HZ</p><p>Keighley County Court, BD21 3SH</p><p>Kidderminster County Court, DY10 1QT</p><p>Kingston-upon-Thames Magistrates Court, KT1 1EU</p><p>Knowsley Magistrates Court, L36 9XY</p><p>Lewes Magistrates Court, BN7 2PG</p><p>Liskeard Magistrates Court, PL14 6RF</p><p>Llandovery Magistrates Court, SA20 0AB</p><p>Llangefni Magistrates Court, LL77 7TW</p><p>Llwynypia Magistrates Court, CF40 2ER</p><p>Lowestoft County Court (FPC), NR32 1HJ</p><p>Ludlow County Court, SY8 1AQ</p><p>Ludlow Magistrates Court, SY8 1AZ</p><p>Lyndhurst Magistrates Court, SO43 7AY</p><p>Market Drayton Magistrates Court, SY2 5NX</p><p>Market Harborough Magistrates Court, LE16 7NH</p><p>Melton Mowbray County Court, LE13 1NH</p><p>Melton Mowbray Magistrates Court, LE13 1NH</p><p>Mid-Sussex (Haywards Heath) Magistrates Court, RH16 4BA</p><p>Newark County Court, NG24 1LD</p><p>Newark Magistrates Court (FPC), NG24 1LD</p><p>Newbury County Court, RG14 5QT</p><p>Northwich County Court (same building as Mags), CW9 5ES</p><p>Northwich Magistrates Court (FPC) (same as County), CW9 5ES</p><p>Oswestry County Court, SY11 1PZ</p><p>Oswestry Magistrates Court, SY11 1RP</p><p>Penrith County Court (same building as Mags), CA11 7QL</p><p>Penrith Magistrates Court (same building a County), CA11 7QL</p><p>Penzance County Court, TR18 4JH</p><p>Penzance Magistrates Court, TR182QD</p><p>Pontypool County Court, NP4 6NZ</p><p>Poole County Court, BH15 2NS</p><p>Pwllheli Magistrates Court, LL53 5ED</p><p>Rawtenstall County Court, BB4 7RT</p><p>Rawtenstall Magistrates Court, BB4 6RD</p><p>Redditch County Court, B97 4AB</p><p>Retford Magistrates Court, DN22 6BL</p><p>Rochdale Magistrates Court (FPC), OL16 1AR</p><p>Rugby County Court, CV21 2RN</p><p>Rugby Magistrates Court, CV21 2DH</p><p>Runcorn County Court, WA7 2HA</p><p>Rutland Magistrates Court, LE15 6DF</p><p>Salford County Court, M5 4RR</p><p>Salford Magistrates Court (FPC), M3 6DJ</p><p>Shrewsbury County Court, SY1 1NA</p><p>Sittingbourne Magistrates Court, ME10 1DR</p><p>Skegness County Court, PE25 2TF</p><p>Southport (North Sefton) Magistrates Court, PR9 0LP</p><p>Southport County Court, PR9 0PU</p><p>Stourbridge County Court, DY8 1QL</p><p>Stratford Upon Avon County Court, CV37 6PA</p><p>Sudbury Magistrates Court, CO10 1QN</p><p>Sutton Coldfield Magistrates Court, B74 2NS</p><p>Sutton Magistrates Court, SM6 0JA</p><p>Swaffham Magistrates Court, PE37 7NH</p><p>Tamworth County Court, B79 7AL</p><p>Tamworth Magistrates Court, B79 7AR</p><p>Thetford Magistrates Court, IP24 3AQ</p><p>Totnes Magistrates Court, TQ9 5JY</p><p>Towcester Magistrates Court, NN12 6DE</p><p>Tynedale (Hexham) Magistrates Court (FPC), NE46 3NB</p><p>Wellingborough County Court, NN8 4NF</p><p>West Bromwich Magistrates Court, B70 8ED</p><p>Whitehaven County Court, CA28 7NU</p><p>Whitehaven Magistrates Court, CA28 7PA</p><p>Wimborne Magistrates Court, BH21 1JW</p><p>Wisbech Magistrates Court, PE13 3DE</p><p>Witney Magistrates Court, OX28 6JH</p><p>Woking Magistrates Court, GU22 7YL</p><p>Woolwich Magistrates Court, SE18 6QY</p><p>Worksop County Court, S80 1LN</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during year 2012-2013 financial year </strong></p><p>Burton Upon Trent County Court, DE14 1BP</p><p>Haringey Magistrates Court, N6 4HS</p><p>Pontefract County Court, WF8 1RJ</p><p>Pontefract Magistrates Court (FPC), WF8 1BW</p><p>Stoke on Trent Magistrates Court, ST4 3BX</p><p>Selby Magistrates Court, YO8 4QB</p><p>Trowbridge County Court, BA14 8DB</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2013-2014 financial year</strong></p><p>Abergavenny Magistrates' Court, NP7 5DL</p><p>Andover Magistrates Court, SP10 2AB</p><p>Denbigh Magistrates Court, LL16 3UU</p><p>North Liverpool Community Justice Centre, L5 2QD</p><p>Tower Bridge Magistrates Court, SE1 2JY</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2014-15 financial year</strong></p><p>Alton Magistrates’ Court, GU34 1EA</p><p>Bracknell Magistrates’ Court, RG12 1AF</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Tribunal, IP33 2AQ</p><p>Knutsford Crown Court, WA16 0PB</p><p>Neath Magistrates’ Court, SA11 1RF</p><p>Newcastle Tribunal - Quayside House, NE1 3DX.</p><p>Spalding Magistrates’ Court, PE11 1BE</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2015-2016 financial year</strong></p><p>Accrington County Court, BB5 2BH</p><p>Accrington Magistrates' Court, BB5 2BH</p><p>Aldershot &amp; Farnham County Court, GU11 1SS</p><p>Arcade Chambers - Aldershot Tribunal, GU11 1DZ</p><p>Basildon Acorn House - Basildon Tribunal, SS14 1AH</p><p>Cambridge RPTS Tribunal, CB22 5LD</p><p>Cambridge Tribunal - Eastbrook House, CB2 2DJ</p><p>Chesterfield County Court, S41 7TW</p><p>Chesterfield St Marys Court - Chesterfield Tribunal, S41 7TD</p><p>Doncaster Tribunal - Portland Place, DN1 3DF</p><p>Epsom Tribunal, KT17 1HF</p><p>Harrogate County Court, HG1 1EL</p><p>Hereford County Court, HR4 9BA</p><p>Norwich Tribunal - Elliot House, NR1 3TZ</p><p>Richmond upon Thames Magistrates' Court, TW9 2RF</p><p>Shrewsbury Magistrates' Court, SY2 5NX</p><p>Solihull Magistrates' Court, B91 3RD</p><p>The Crescent Centre - Bristol Tribunal, BS1 6EZ</p><p>Waltham Forest Magistrates' Court, E17 4NX</p><p>Worksop Magistrates' Court, S80 2AJ</p><p> </p><p><strong>Courts and tribunals closed during 2016-2017 financial year</strong></p><p>Aylesbury Magistrates and County Court, HP21 7QZ</p><p>Barnstaple Magistrates' and County Court (Crown part only), EX31 1DX</p><p>Bournemouth Magistrates' Court, BH1 1LA</p><p>Brecon Law Courts, LD3 7HR</p><p>Bridgend Law Courts, CF31 4AJ</p><p>Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court, DE14 1NZ</p><p>Bury St Edmunds Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court, IP33 1HF</p><p>Buxton Magistrates' &amp; County Court, SK17 6EY</p><p>Caerphilly Magistrates' Court, CF83 2XA</p><p>Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall), SA31 1PR</p><p>Consett Magistrates' Court, DH8 6LY</p><p>Corby Magistrates' Court, NN17 1SQ</p><p>Dartford Magistrates' Court, DA1 2JW</p><p>Dolgellau Crown &amp; Magistrates' Court, LL40 1AU</p><p>Doncaster County Court, DN1 3HT</p><p>Dorchester Crown Court (Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined), DT4 8BS</p><p>Durham Elvet House - Durham Tribunal, DH1 3AT</p><p>Fareham Magistrates' Court, PO16 7TL</p><p>Feltham Magistrates' Court, TW13 5AF</p><p>Gloucester Magistrates' Court, GL1 1UB</p><p>Grantham Magistrates' Court, NG31 7SB</p><p>Greenwich Magistrates' Court, SE10 8PG</p><p>Halifax County Court, HX1 2JJ</p><p>Halifax Magistrates' Court (Calderdale), HX1 2AN</p><p>Hammersmith Magistrates' and County Court (County Court Only), W6 8DN</p><p>Hartlepool Magistrates' &amp; County Court, TS24 8AG</p><p>Hinckley Magistrates' Court, LE10 1NZ</p><p>Kettering Magistrates' Court, NN15 7QP</p><p>King's Lynn County Court, PE30 1ES</p><p>Lowestoft Magistrates' Court, NR32 1HJ</p><p>Macclesfield County Court, SK11 7NA</p><p>Macclesfield Magistrates' Court, SK10 2AB</p><p>Middlesbrough Centre North East - Middlesbrough Tribunal, TS1 2RX</p><p>Morpeth &amp; Berwick County Court, NE61 1LA</p><p>Neath and Port Talbot Civil and Family Court, SA11 3BN</p><p>Oldham Magistrates' Court, OL1 1QE</p><p>Ormskirk Magistrates' Court, L39 2BJ</p><p>Pocock Street Tribunals Hearing Centre, SE1 0BW</p><p>Pontypridd Magistrates' Court, CF37 1SD</p><p>Prestatyn Magistrates' Court, LL19 7TE</p><p>Redhill Magistrates' &amp; Reigate County Court, RH1 6DH</p><p>Rhyl County Court, LL18 3LA</p><p>Rotherham Magistrates' &amp; County Court, S60 1YW</p><p>Runcorn (Halton) Magistrates' Court, WA7 2HA</p><p>Sandwell Magistrates' Court, B69 4JN</p><p>Scunthorpe Magistrates' &amp; County Court, DN15 6LJ</p><p>Skegness Magistrates' Court, PE25 1BH</p><p>Southampton Barrack Block, SO15 2SH</p><p>St Helens Magistrates' Court, WA10 1SZ</p><p>Stroud Magistrates' Court, GL5 1ET</p><p>Swansea Crown Court (Guildhall), SA1 4PE</p><p>Tameside Magistrates' &amp; County Court (County Part Only), OL6 7TP</p><p>Taunton Blackdown House - Taunton Tribunal, TA1 2PX</p><p>Tottenham Magistrates' Court, N17 6RT</p><p>Trafford Magistrates' Court &amp; Altrincham County Court, M33 7NR</p><p>Tunbridge Wells County Court, TN1 1DP</p><p>Wakefield &amp; Pontefract Magistrates' Court, WF1 2TW</p><p>Warrington Combined Court (County Part Only), WA1 1UR</p><p>Warrington Magistrates' Court, WA1 1LQ</p><p>West Berkshire Magistrates' Court (Newbury), RG17 7TQ</p><p>Weymouth &amp; Dorchester Combined Court Offices (Westwey House), DT4 8TE</p><p>Wrexham Rhyd Broughton (Tribunal), LL13 7YP</p><p>Yate Magistrates' Court (North Avon), BS37 4PY</p><p>Yeovil County Court, BA20 2QD</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 04/06/2018 11:34:25 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	420 label Biography information for Yvette Cooper

1019813

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Opening Hours
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the effect on HM Courts and Tribunals Service staff will be included in the evaluation of the flexible operating hours pilots at (a) Brentford County Court, and (b) Manchester Civil Justice Centre.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	198789
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Her Majesty’s Courts &amp; Tribunals Service (HMCTS) Reform Programme, the Flexible Operating Hours (FOH) project was set up to look at options to maximise the use of our court rooms by using them at different times of the day, outside of the traditional hours of 10am – 4pm. On 16 November 2018, it was announced that HMCTS will be proceeding with two pilots in the Civil and Family Courts in Brentford County Court and Manchester Civil Justice Centre and a revised Pilots Prospectus was published. Local Implementation Teams in Brentford and Manchester will finalise the pilot designs and start dates, which are likely to be in Spring 2019.</p><p> </p><p>A key objective of the FOH pilots is to understand the impacts of FOH for all court users, including HMCTS staff. An Evaluation Advisory Group has been established to ensure a balanced and comprehensive assessment of pilot activity by independent assessors. Consultation with trade unions will take place under separate arrangements in recognition of the need to consider FOH in the context of wider organisational changes affecting HMCTS staff.</p><p> </p><p>In Manchester Civil Justice Centre, the total number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) staff is 205 with 29.5 FTE at Band A to D, 146 FTE at Band E and 29.5 FTE at Band F. In Brentford County Court, the total number of FTE staff is 15.5 with 1 FTE at Band C, 2 FTE at Band D, 11 FTE at Band E and 1.5 FTE at Band F. Figures have been rounded to the nearest 0.5. We are committed to ensuring that courts and tribunals have adequate staff to meet operational demands. Staffing requirements for the FOH pilots will be considered by the Local Implementation Teams.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 198790 198791 198792 question first answered 11/12/2018 12:17:34 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

839008

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase the use of virtual courts in criminal proceedings.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	127568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Courts and Tribunals Service have updated the technology available to encourage greater use of video technology in criminal proceedings. This is both to increase court efficiency, reduce unnecessary travel for defendants in custody and reduce stress for vulnerable witnesses and victims.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/02/2018 17:25:08 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

839010

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how may people have appeared in court proceedings via video link from (a) police stations and (b) prisons since 2000; and what the demographic breakdown was of the defendants involved.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	127570
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>Between 1 June 2012 and 30 September 2017 HMCTS recorded 372,941 defendants appearing via video link from prison (181,688 in Crown Courts and 191,253 in Magistrates’ Courts) and 48,024 via video link from police stations into Magistrates Courts. The information on a breakdown of the demographics of the defendants involved can only be available at a disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 26/02/2018 17:26:15 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

839012

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of virtual court processes on the court experience of defendants.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	127572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>Technology is used in a variety of ways in courts to increase the efficiency of the court process. The various ways in which video links are used in proceedings are kept under regular internal review by HMCTS. The judge will always have the final say on mode of hearing and will need to be satisfied that it is in the interests of justice and compatible with the defendant’s right to a fair trial, having considered any representations from the parties.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 19/04/2018 16:49:45 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

943193

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 127570, on Courts: Video Conferencing, what proportion of defendants have appeared in court proceedings via video link from (a) police stations and (b) prisons in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	164972
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of defendants that appeared in court proceedings via video link from (a) police station and (b) prisons between 2013-2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not available for periods before June 2012, as data collections were not undertaken during that time.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS do not hold the proportion of witnesses that have appeared in Magistrates or Crown court proceedings via video link.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overall </strong> <strong>(2013-17)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison (number of defendants that appeared in court by video by prison video link)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53,487</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72,201</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81,219</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>74,429</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>77,722</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>359,058</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison (proportion of defendants that appeared in court by video by prison video link) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>89.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88.8%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88.7%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Police station (number of defendants that appeared in court by video by police station video link)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,884</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,083</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,270</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,089</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,067</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46,393</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Police station (proportion of defendants that appeared in court by video by police station video link)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.3%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total number of defendants that appeared in court by video by police station or prison video link</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,371</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80,284</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91,489</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86,518</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87,789</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>405,451</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: HMCTS management information</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data is not available for periods before June 2012 as data collections were not undertaken. Data has been supplied for the complete years 2013 to 2017.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><ul><li>Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data has been recorded manually by the local courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>The data provided is the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><ul><li>The data supplied is based on a count of defendants appearing in the Magistrates' Courts and Crown Court via Police Station (Mags only) and Prison video link. Therefore, the same defendant will appear in the tables more than once where they initially appeared via Police Station video link, and then subsequently appeared via Prison video link on one or more occasions.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data has not been cross referenced with case files.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 164973 question first answered 24/07/2018 13:04:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 71579 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

943194

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Courts: Video Conferencing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2018 to Question 127570, on Courts: Video Conferencing, what proportion of witnesses have appeared in court proceedings via video link in each year since 2000.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	164973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the proportion of defendants that appeared in court proceedings via video link from (a) police station and (b) prisons between 2013-2017.</p><p> </p><p>Data is not available for periods before June 2012, as data collections were not undertaken during that time.</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS do not hold the proportion of witnesses that have appeared in Magistrates or Crown court proceedings via video link.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Overall </strong> <strong>(2013-17)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison (number of defendants that appeared in court by video by prison video link)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>53,487</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>72,201</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>81,219</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>74,429</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>77,722</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>359,058</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Prison (proportion of defendants that appeared in court by video by prison video link) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>90.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>89.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88.8%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>88.7%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Police station (number of defendants that appeared in court by video by police station video link)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>5,884</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8,083</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,270</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12,089</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10,067</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>46,393</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Police station (proportion of defendants that appeared in court by video by police station video link)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>9.9%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>10.1%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.2%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14.0%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.5%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>11.3%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total number of defendants that appeared in court by video by police station or prison video link</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>59,371</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>80,284</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>91,489</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>86,518</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>87,789</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>405,451</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Source: HMCTS management information</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Notes:</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data is not available for periods before June 2012 as data collections were not undertaken. Data has been supplied for the complete years 2013 to 2017.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><ul><li>Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that the data has been recorded manually by the local courts. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when data are used.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>The data provided is the most recent available and for that reason might differ slightly from any previously published information.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3"><p><ul><li>The data supplied is based on a count of defendants appearing in the Magistrates' Courts and Crown Court via Police Station (Mags only) and Prison video link. Therefore, the same defendant will appear in the tables more than once where they initially appeared via Police Station video link, and then subsequently appeared via Prison video link on one or more occasions.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data are management information and are not subject to the same level of checks as official statistics.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ul><li>Data has not been cross referenced with case files.</li></ul></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 164972 question first answered 24/07/2018 13:04:56 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer previous answer version 71580 answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
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