Courts: Coronavirus
(asked on 8th February 2022) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department has spent on each existing Nightingale court.
The table below provides a list of the total expenditure on each existing Nightingale court, as at 31 January 2022. The figures include running cost, such as venue hire, security, and cleaning, as well as set-up costs such as enabling works and IT hardware, but do not include staff, judicial or court costs.
Nightingale courts have been essential in keeping the wheels of justice turning throughout the pandemic when social distancing severely restricted our ability to carry out face-to-face hearings.
We have worked hard to keep costs as low as possible and continue to make sure that these temporary venues are providing best value for money.
Existing Nightingale court | Number of Hearing rooms | Total spend up to 31 January 2022 |
Barbican – London | 2 | £2,822,000 |
Birmingham, Maple House – Midlands | 4 | £2,751,000 |
Chichester - former court – South East | 2 | £773,000 |
Chester Crowne Plaza – North West | 2 | £1,082,000 |
Cirencester, former Magistrates’ Court – South West | 2 | £420,000 |
Cloth Hall Court – North East | 3 | £810,000 |
Croydon Jurys Inn – London | 2 | £1,142,000 |
Fleetwood, former Magistrates’ Court – North West | 2 | £376,000 |
Liverpool, Hilton Hotel – North West | 1 | £1,544,000 |
Maidstone – Mercure – South East | 2 | £1,190,000 |
Manchester, Hilton Hotel – North West | 2 | £2,255,000 |
Middlesbrough, Jury's Inn Hotel – North East | 2 | £862,000 |
Monument – London | 2 | £2,089,000 |
M40 J15 The Warwick Hotel - Midlands | 2 | £1,626,000 |
Nottingham, Mercure – Midlands | 2 | £1,414,000 |
102 Petty France – London | 4 | £488,000 |
Peterborough – South East | 1 | £831,000 |
Prospero House – London | 3 | £6,813,000 |
Swansea Civic Centre - Wales | 1 | £657,000 |
Telford, Former County Court - Midlands | 3 | £638,000 |
University of Bolton FC – North West | 1 | £845,000 |
Winchester, The Guildhall – South West | 3 | £1,025,000 |
Wolverhampton, Park Hall Hotel – Midlands | 2 | £2,208,000 |
| 50 | £34,661,000 |