Question follow-through · 78877
Courts: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the condition of court buildings.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 14 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the condition of court buildings.
14 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Oct 2025
Answer published
This Government inherited a crumbling court estate – a symbol of a crumbling justice system. Historical underfunding over the last 14 years has resulted in challenges across the court and tribunal estate, with an estimated maintenance backlog of £1.3 bill...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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