Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2018 to Question 131222 on Courts: Closures, which courts closed since 2010 have yet to be sold; and what the annual maintenance costs have been of each of those court premises.
Of the courts that have closed since 2010, the following have yet to be sold or disposed of, with annual maintenance costs since their closure set out below:
Court | 2018/19* | 2017/18 | 2016/17 | 2015/16 |
Abergavenny Magistrates’ Court | 3,232 | 6,315 | 6,007 | 1,907 |
Alton Magistrates’ Court | 3,073 | 6,273 | 5,963 | 575 |
Birmingham Youth Court | 15,295 | 6,359 | - | - |
Brecon Magistrates’ Court | - | 10,567 | 2,697 | - |
Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court | - | 5,454 | 12,189 | - |
Chichester Magistrates’ Court | 2,970 | 8,247 | - | - |
Chippenham Magistrates’ Court | 10,684 | 6,267 | - | - |
Lyndhurst Magistrates’ Court | 1,821 | 3,254 | 2,673 | 556 |
Oswestry Magistrates’ Court | 2,320 | 29,603 | 3,235 | 1,012 |
Runcorn Magistrates’ Court | - | 270 | - | - |
Sheffield Employment Tribunal | 3,909 | 4,203 | - | - |
Southampton Combined Court | 10,750 | 12,551 | 6,099 | - |
Telford County Court | 10,418 | 11,378 | - | - |
Torquay Magistrates’ Court | 4,232 | - | - | - |
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Information relating to annual maintenance costs for the period prior to the 2015/16 financial year could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.