To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1119W, on courts: repairs and maintenance, how much was spent on the refurbishment of court buildings in each of the last three years, excluding expenditure on the Royal Courts of Justice and on the Crown Court at Isleworth. (266177)

Altogether in 2008-09 £47 million was spent by HMCS on maintenance at all courts, £27 million on projects to increase capacity and to rationalise the estate (and £75 million on major new builds). HMCS does not define ‘refurbishment projects’ as a specific programme of work. Expenditure for the last three financial years from the maintenance and capacity programmes which could be classed as ‘refurbishment’ is as follows.

This is mainly made up of the following projects: