§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will list the number of occasions on which the former Wakefield Crown court building has been used for(a) judicial and (b) other purposes since its formal closure. [16052]
§ Mr. Jonathan EvansThe question concerns a specific operational matter on which the chief executive of the Court Service is best placed to provide an answer, and I have accordingly asked the chief executive to reply direct.
Letter from M. D. Huebner to Mr. David Hinchliffe, dated 20 February 1996:
The Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department has asked me to reply to your Question about Wakefield Crown Court.
Since its closure on 3 April 1993, the former Wakefield Crown Court has been used by Leeds County Court for judicial sittings on a total of 262 occasions.