Magistrates' Courts: Closures
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates courts closed in each year since 2010.
Answered by Heidi Alexander
The table below shows the number of Magistrates’ Courts that have permanently closed in each financial year (FY) since 2010/11. The figures do not include integrations, where workload remained in the local area by transferring to a building in close proximity, or courts that are temporarily closed.
Financial Year | Magistrates' Courts closed |
2010/11 | 1 |
2011/12 | 84 |
2012/13 | 5 |
2013/14 | 4 |
2014/15 | 5 |
2015/16 | 6 |
2016/17 | 40 |
2017/18 | 12 |
2018/19 | 4 |
2019/20 | 4 |
2020/21 | 0 |
2021/22 | 0 |
2022/23 | 0 |
2023/24 | 0 |
2024/25 | 0 |
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