CROWN COURT, BODMIN (Hansard, 12 December 1978)

§ Mr. Hicks
asked the Attorney-General, for the last three years for which figures are available, what has been the total cost to public funds of operating the Crown court at Bodmin, including the judges' lodging house and cost of transfer

Year ending March

1976£ 1977£ 1978£

Lord Chancellor's Department Court Services

Salary costs etc. (Judiciary and staff)^* 44,757 49,104 60,317

General administrative costs^* 8,586 9,879 12,358

Jurors' costs 32,940 33,712 46,484

Department of the Environment Property Services Agency

Accommodation Services running costs, including rent:

Court Premises 9,851 10,821 13,477

Judges' Lodgings 8,023 7,253 3,843

Total £104,157 £110,769 £136,479

^*The costs of judicial salaries, and so on, and travelling expenses have been calculated proportionately in relation to the number of days of sitting at the Crown court at Bodmin.
I am advised by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department that the information relating to the cost of transfer of prisoners is not readily available.

§ Mr. Hicks
asked the Attorney-General what is the estimated capital cost of transferring the Crown court from Bodmin to Truro, at current prices ; and if he will list the principal expenditure requirements of such a transfer.

§ The Solicitor-General:
The cost of building a new court centre at Truro is estimated at approximately £2.5 million at current prices. A detailed breakdown of this figure is not possible at this stage.

§ Mr. Hicks
asked the Attorney-General in what financial year his Department intends to transfer the Crown court from Bodmin to Truro ; what is the cost, at constant prices, of operating this court at Truro ; and if he will list the principal items of this expenditure with their specific costs.

§ The Solicitor-General:
It is not at present possible to forecast when the transfer of the Crown court from Bodmin 96W of prisoners: and if he will list the principal items of this expenditure with their specific costs.

§ The Solicitor-General:
The main costs to central Government funds of operating the Crown court at Bodmin for the last three years were as follows:
to Truro will take place. It is therefore too soon to forecast the operating costs of the court after the transfer.

	Year ending March
	1976£	1977£	1978£
Lord Chancellor's Department Court Services
Salary costs etc. (Judiciary and staff)^*	44,757	49,104	60,317
General administrative costs^*	8,586	9,879	12,358
Jurors' costs	32,940	33,712	46,484
Department of the Environment Property Services Agency
Accommodation Services running costs, including rent:
Court Premises	9,851	10,821	13,477
Judges' Lodgings	8,023	7,253	3,843
Total	£104,157	£110,769	£136,479
^*The costs of judicial salaries, and so on, and travelling expenses have been calculated proportionately in relation to the number of days of sitting at the Crown court at Bodmin.