Court Costs (Hansard, 19 December 1994)

HC Deb 19 December 1994 vol 251 c869W 869W

§ Mr. Duncan Smith
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what is the average daily cost of running each level of court.

Mr. John M. Taylor
On the best information currently available, we calculate that the average daily cost of the county courts, including listing but excluding case preparation overheads, is approximately £900,000. An equivalent figure for the Supreme Court is £200,000, and for the Crown court £900,000. These figures are full costs, including costs borne by the Consolidated Fund, divided by the number of working days. A similar cost in the magistrates courts would be £1.2 million.