Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate his Department has made of the number of magistrates currently serving at Bridgend Law Courts who are willing and able to travel to work in their capacity as magistrates in Cardiff.
No estimate has been made. The closure of Bridgend Law Courts is proposed in the consultation ‘Proposal on the provision of court and tribunal services in Wales’, which closed on 8 October. No decision on the future of the Law Courts has been taken.