Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled, 10 Nightingale Courts unveiled, published on 19 July 2020, how much each of the the 10 temporary courts listed will cost to establish.

HM Courts & Tribunals Service announced ten locations to provide additional capacity for the courts and tribunals estate on a temporary basis. These sites are located across England and Wales and are intended to hear civil, family and tribunals work as well as non-custodial crime cases, and thereby free up room in existing courts to hear other cases, including custodial jury trials.

Establishment costs are provided below (excluding ongoing running costs):

*these include the cost of IT and video equipment, furniture, porterage, enabling works to prepare a site, and other costs such as security equipment.