Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to implement a Nightingale Court in Nottingham.

Nightingale courts are one of the ways in which we are ensuring we have additional capacity to alleviate the pressure on courts and tribunals resulting from the pandemic. We are considering a number of locations for future Nightingale courts, but no final decisions have been made.

HMCTS has published an update on their response to covid-19 in the criminal courts in England and Wales (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/court-and-tribunal-recovery-update-in-response-to-coronavirus). This provides a comprehensive update on our recovery plans.