§ Mr. Richard Wainwrightasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list in the Official Report all planned projects for replacing, renovating or extending law courts in the next five years in the Yorkshire and Humberside and North-West regions, respectively; and if he will indicate the anticipated expenditure and completion date for each project.
§ Mr. JohnInformation regarding magistrates' courthouses is as follows:
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Projects for which capital expenditure has been allocated for a building start in 1976–77: the total estimated cost is £1,650,000. Country Providing Authority Location Proposed financial year of start Type of work Estimated completion North-West Region Cheshire … … Cheshire … … Chester … 1976–77 Adaptation … 1976 Cheshire … … Cheshire … … Macclesfield … 1976–77 Adaptation … 1976 Cheshire … … Cheshire … … Northwich … 1976–77 Adaptation … 1976 Cheshire … … Cheshire … … Winsford … 1976–77 Adaptation … 1976 Lancashire … … Lancashire … … Blackpool … 1976–77 Adaptation … 1977 Lancashire … … Lancashire … … Lancaster* … 1976–77 New courthouse … 1979 Lancashire … … Lancashire … … Skelmersdale* 1976–77 New courthouse … 1979 Merseyside … … Knowsley … … Kirkby … 1976–77 Extension … 1976 Merseyside … … Sefton … … Crosby … 1976–77 Adaptations … 1978 Merseyside … … Wirral … … Birkenhead … 1976–77 Adaptations … 1976 Merseyside … … Wirral … … Bromborough 1976–77 Adaptations … 1976 Merseyside … … Wirral … … Wallasey … 1976–77 Adaptations … 1976
Yorkshire and Humberside Region Humberside … Humberside … Brigg … 1976–77 Adaptations … 1976 Humberside … Humberside … Epworth … 1976–77 Adaptations … 1976 North Yorkshire … North Yorkshire … Harrogate … 1976–77 Adaptations … 1976 North Yorkshire … North Yorkshire … Stokesley … 1976–77 Adaptations … 1977 West Yorkshire … Calderdale … Halifax … 1976–77 Adaptations … 1976 West Yorkshire … Leeds … Leeds … 1976–77 Adaptations … 1976 West Yorkshire … Leeds … Leeds … 1976–77 Extension … 1978 West Yorkshire … Wakefield … Wakefield … 1976–77 Adaptations … 1976 * Appeal by county council pending. As the White Paper on Public Expenditure (Cmnd. 6393, page 78, paragraph 2) indicates, no new magistrates' courts building starts are envisaged in the period 1977–78 to 1979–80. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Environment has provided the following reply with regard to the higher courts programme. One scheme in Yorkshire and Humberside, the temporary Crown Court at Leeds, is expected to start building in June 1976 and to be completed in mid-1977 at an approximate cost of £450,000. This scheme will relieve the pressure on the Leeds Crown Court which has necessitated some Leeds cases being heard at other towns in Yorkshire. Other schemes in these two regions are in the planning stages and are estimated to cost a total of £40 million over the next five years. They are:
- North-West Region
- Warrington: adaptation of county court for Crown Court purposes: estimated completion early-1977.
- Ashton-under-Lyne: adaptations to rehouse county court: estimated completion late-1977.
- Burnley Crown Court: estimated completion mid-1979.
- Bolton Crown Court: estimated completion early-1981.
- Manchester Crown and County Courts: estimated completion late-1981.
- Liverpool Crown and County Courts: estimated completion late-1981.
- Yorkshire and Humberside Region
- Leeds (Permanent) Crown Court: estimated completion mid-1981.
642 - Hull Crown Court: estimated completion mid-1981.
- Sheffield County Court: estimated completion mid-1978.
- Sheffield Crown Court: estimated completion mid-1982.