Julie Cooper – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Justice

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julie Cooper on 2016-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many court buildings have been sold in (a) Lancashire and (b) Burnley.

Mr Shailesh Vara

Two court buildings in Lancashire have been sold since the creation of HM Court Service in 2005. Neither of these were in Burnley.

Prior to 2005 magistrates’ courts were the responsibility of locally managed magistrates’ courts committees.