Courts: Buildings

(asked on 21st July 2015) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement of 16 July 2015 on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, HLWS108, what proportion of the savings made by reducing the cost of the court estate will be re-invested in that estate; and in what ways will it be re-invested.


Answered by
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Shailesh Vara
This question was answered on 7th September 2015

The consultation paper on the provision of court and tribunal estate in England and Wales will run for 12 weeks from 16 July 2015 until 8 October 2015.

Costs for any future improvements which might be written off and any savings as a result of reducing the estate that might be re-invested are all subject to the outcome of the consultation. The consultation also asks for views on what types of alternative provision might be appropriate if any sites are closed, including whether civic and other public buildings could be used for hearings. No decisions will be made until every response has been considered carefully.

Information on travel times is included in each regional consultation paper.

https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/proposal-on-the-provision-of-court-and-tribunal-es. It will still be the case that over 95% of citizens will be able to reach their required court within an hour by car and the proportion able to reach a tribunal within an hour by car will remain unchanged at 83%.

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