Courts: Sales
(asked on 3rd July 2019) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the (a) market value of courts sold as part of HM Courts and Tribunal reform programme and (b) the resale value of those courts after they entered private ownership.
HMCTS achieves market value when selling surplus buildings and takes professional advice as part of the disposal process to make sure that this is the case.
Sale receipts for court and tribunal buildings sold since 2016 are as follows
Property | Receipt (£) |
Abergavenny Magistrates Court | 499,809 |
Barnstaple Magistrates' & County Court | 95,000 |
Bolton Magistrates' Court | 750,000 |
Bow County Court | 3,500,000 |
Bracknell Magistrates' Court | 1,000,001 |
Brecon Law Court | 575,000 |
Bridgend Magistrates Court | 375,000 |
Caerphilly Magistrates Court | 445,000 |
Carmarthen Law Courts (The Guildhall) | 223,000 |
Chester-le-Street Magistrates Court | 100,000 |
Dolgellau Mags & Crown Court | 67,509 |
Feltham Magistrates Court | 2,150,000 |
Gloucester Western Road | 850,000 |
Grantham Magistrates Court | 560,000 |
Greenwich Magistrates Court | 12,005,000 |
Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court | 43,000,000 |
Holyhead Magistrates Court (North Anglsey), | 112,500 |
Lambeth County Court | 100,000 |
Liverpool, Dale Street Magistrates | 1,000,000 |
Llangefni County Court | 72,000 |
Neath And Port Talbot County Court | 250,000 |
Northallerton Magistrates' Court | 450,000 |
Pontypridd Magistrates Court | 350,000 |
Rhyl County Court | 92,150 |
Richmond Upon Thames Magistrates Court | 9,850,000 |
Solihull Magistrates Court | 4,300,000 |
Spalding Magistrates' Court | 278,350 |
Tottenham (Enfield) Magistrates Court | 4,570,000 |
Waltham Forest Magistrates Court | 3,471,040 |
Watford Magistrates Court | 3,836,000 |
Weston Super Mare Magistrates' Court | 116,078 |
Woolwich County Court | 2,555,000 |
The table above excludes transfers of surplus properties to other government departments (such as Homes England) as these are not categorised as sale transactions, but as internal transfers within government.
Since the start of the Reform Programme all money raised from the sale of surplus buildings has been reinvested in the reform of HM Courts & Tribunals Service.
HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold information on the resale value of former court and tribunal buildings. HM Courts and Tribunals Service does however monitor resale values in instances that could yield overage. As with any property, details of any subsequent sales can be obtained from the Land Registry.