Magistrates' Courts: Northern Ireland

Sammy Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the running costs for (a) Bangor and (b) Limavady Magistrates' Court have been in each of the last five years. (264187)

The running costs for (a) Bangor and (b) Limavady magistrates court in each of the last five years are shown in the following table.

£
	Year ended 3 March
Location	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Bangor	107,105	126,545	117,547	130,306	125,469
Limavady	57,446	88,299	74,959	82,968	58,831

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the costs of Magherafelt Magistrates' Court were in each of the last five years. (264418)

The running costs for Magherafelt magistrates court in each of the last five years are shown in the following table.

*Magherafelt*
Year ended 31 March	£
2004	87,423
2005	85,093
2006	107,362
2007	98,690
2008	109,071

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases have been brought before Larne Magistrates' Court in each of the last five years. (264419)

The following table shows the court business (both criminal and civil) brought before Larne magistrates court in each of the last five years.

	Adult defendants	Youth defendants	Civil applications
2004	890	22	593
2005	926	20	635
2006	738	27	300
2007	754	45	160
2008¹	619	40	122
¹ January to November. Provisional figures. Full year validated figures for 2008 are net yet available.

Volume 489: debated on Thursday 19 March 2009