Source · Select Committees · Justice Committee
Recommendation 22
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Publish a detailed breakdown of £220 million capital funding spent on court repairs and maintenance.
Recommendation
We recommend that the Ministry of Justice and HMCTS publish a detailed breakdown of how the £220 million in capital funding was spent between March 2023 and March 2025. The breakdown should include further information as to the type of maintenance and repairs completed, and at which courts they were completed, to aid transparency in Government spending. This detailed breakdown must be published by the end of March
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response discussed a pilot for mandatory small claims mediation and its future evaluation, completely unrelated to the recommendation on capital funding for court maintenance.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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We will provide the requested breakdown of spending, via a letter to the Committee, before the end March 2026. It is important that court buildings are safe, secure and meet statutory requirements. We announced a boost in court capital maintenance and project funding from £120 million last year to £148.5m for 2025/26.
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