HC Deb 12 February 2002 vol 380 cc150-3W
Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what car parking spaces are provided and what the average annual cost of providing such spaces is for (a) the Official Solicitor's Office, (b) the Council on Tribunals, (c) the Statutory Publications Office and (d) the Judge Advocate-General's Office. [33657]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The information is as follows:

  1. (a) The Official Solicitor's Office does not provide car-parking spaces.
  2. (b) The Council on Tribunals has one parking space, the cost of which is included in the rent and not calculated as a separate amount.
  3. (c) The Statutory Publications Office does not provide car-parking spaces.
  4. (d) The Office of the Judge Advocate General has three spaces, the cost of which is included in the rent and not calculated as a separate amount.

Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what car parking spaces are provided and what the average annual cost of providing them is for the(a) Domestic Legal Services, (b) Legal Services Commission, (c) Legal Services Ombudsman and (d) Law Commission. [33658]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The information is as follows:

  1. (a) It is not clear which organisation is envisaged in the term 'Domestic Legal Services'.
  2. (b) The Legal Services Commission has a total of 169 car parking spaces over 19 sites. The estimated annual average cost for providing these spaces is £170,000, or £1,000 per space.
  3. (c) The Legal Services Ombudsman provides six car-parking spaces at an annual cost of £1,500 each.
  4. (d) The Law Commission provides no car-parking spaces.

Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what car parking spaces are provided and what the average annual cost is for providing such spaces to(a) CAFCASS, (b) the Public Guardianship Office and (c) the Public Record Office. [33660]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The information is as follows:

  1. (a) CAFCASS' headquarters at Archway Tower has seven parking spaces which cost £3,954. The number and cost of car parking spaces provided for the remainder of CAFCASS's estate is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
  2. (b) The Public Guardianship Office's section of the car park at Archway Tower provides space for 42 cars. These spaces are for the use of contractors, visitors and staff. The Public Guardianship Office pays £25,200 per year to rent this space, which includes a secure bicycle rack.
  3. (c) The Public Record Office provides 116 car parking spaces for members of the public using its facilities and 106 spaces for staff as its Kew site. In addition, there are four disabled spaces for use by either staff or public. The average annual total cost of providing these spaces is £121,659.

Mr. George Howarth

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many car parking spaces are reserved for judges; what the total cost is of providing such spaces; and what criteria are used for allocating car parking spaces to judges. [33682]

Mr. Wills

Data on judicial car parking spaces have been collected for 63 of the largest court buildings. These are shown in the table. These buildings represent 75 per cent. of the Court Service estate. The information for the remainder of the estate is not immediately available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. The judicial car parking spaces for the above buildings form part of the site and are not paid for separately. Judges are categorised as essential users of court buildings and car parking spaces are allocated to them on that basis.

Judicial car parking spaces
Property name Number of spaces
Basildon Combined Court 7
Basingstoke County Court 6
Blackfriars Crown Court 13
Bournemouth Combined Court 11
Bow County Court 4
Bradford Combined Court 12
Brighton County Court 6
Bristol Crown Court 13
Cardiff Civil Justice Centre 11
Cardiff Crown Court 8
Central Criminal Court 18
Central London Trial Centre 14
Chelmsford Crown Court 6
Chester Crown Court 4
Chichester Combined Court Hearings 3
Derby Combined Court 5
Durham Crown Court 2
Exeter Combined Court 2
GKN House, 22 Kingsway—Public Trust Office 6
Great Grimsby Combined Court 4
Harrow Crown Court 8
Immigration Appellate Authority, Taylor House 11
Inner London Sessions House, Newington House 10
Ipswich Crown Court 3
Isleworth Crown Court 8
Kingston upon Hull Combined Court 6
Kingston upon Thames Crown Court 12
LCD Headquarters, Selborne House 8
Leeds Combined Court 17
Leicester Crown Court 10
Lewes Combined Court 5
Luton Crown Court 3
Maidstone Combined Court 14
Manchester Crown (Crown Square) 16
Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court 7
Newcastle upon Tyne Combined Court 13
Newport Crown Court 3
Norwich Combined Court 11
Nottingham Combined Court 12
Official Referees Courts, St. Dunstans House 6
Oxford Combined Court 9
Peterborough Combined Court 6
Portsmouth Combined Court 9
PRFD First Avenue House 10
Principal Registry of the Family Division 6
Reading Crown Court 11
Royal Courts of Justice 57
Southwark Crown Court 21
Swansea County Court 7
Swansea Crown Court 10
Teeside Combined Court 3
Truro Combined Court 4
Worcester Crown Court 5

Judicial car parking spaces
Property name Number of spaces
York County Court 3
York Crown Court 5
Grand total 504

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