Magistrates' Courts
(asked on 9th September 2015) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the utilisation rate of (a) Hartlepool and (b) Teesside magistrates' courts was in each of the last five years; and what the average utilisation rate in magistrates' courts in England and Wales was in each of those years.
Utilisation rates for Hartlepool, Teesside and England and Wales are provided below:
Property Name | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 |
Hartlepool Magistrates’ Court and County Court | 70% | 43% | 50% | 44% | 49% |
Teesside Magistrates’ Court
| 78% | 76% | 80% | 68% | 58% |
England and Wales Magistrates' Court average | 59% | 63% | 63% | 51% | 46% |
This shows that nationally Magistrates’ Courts are used for less than half of their available hearing time.