PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Courts: Bedford (25 April 2018)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the utilisation statistics for all court rooms at (a) Shire Hall in Bedford and (b) Bedford County Court and Family Court for (i) 2015-16, (ii) 2016-17 and (iii) 2017 to date.

Asked by:
Mohammad Yasin (Labour)

Answer

The courts at Shire Hall Bedford sat for the following hours between 2015 and the end of 2017:

Courtroom Data 2015/16

Courtroom Data 2016/17

Courtroom Data April-December 2017*

Chamber/
Courtroom

Magstrates' Court

County/
Family
Court

Tribunals

Magstrates' Court

County/
Family
Court

Tribunals

Magstrates' Court

County/
Family
Court

Tribunals

Chambers 01

0

868

0

0

874

0

0

636

0

Chambers 02

0

620

0

0

716

0

0

321

0

Courtroom 01

32

0

0

35

0

0

0

0

185

Courtroom 02

46

0

0

0

0

0

0

113

0

Courtroom 03

0

18

0

0

111

0

0

232

0

Courtroom 04

50

63

0

14

78

0

0

201

0

Courtroom 05

1

703

0

0

738

0

0

538

0

Total

129

2,272

0

48

2,516

0

0

2,040

185

County court utilisation includes the civil and family jurisdictions. Utilisation data for Count Court and Employment Tribunals are manually collected and therefore may be affected by associated measurement and recording errors.


Answered by:
Lucy Frazer (Conservative)
30 April 2018

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