Magistrates Courts

HC Deb 14 October 1996 vol 282 cc653-4W

36. Mr. Ainger

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many magistrates courts there were in Wales in 1978; and how many are operating in 1996. [37963]

Mr. Streeter

There are at present 63 magistrates courts in Wales. No accurate record exists for the number of magistrates courts in Wales in 1978.