Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 5 June 2018.
Lucy Frazer
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
12:00,
5 June 2018
We are looking at a number of ways to reform and improve our justice system through technology, through our court estate and through people. We are spending £1 billion to upgrade our justice system. In 2016-17, 41% of courts and tribunals were used at less than half of their available hearing capacity. In circumstances where money raised from the sale of any court building will be reinvested into our justice system, it is appropriate to ask whether spending on physical buildings is the best use of money.