Ms Angela Denning:

We do not have one just yet but two pieces of work are under way. There is an estate strategy, in which we are considering our entire estate. We have gathered much baseline data in respect of demographics, travel times and distances between courts, as well as the numbers of courts in a district and circuit and so on. There is also caseload data. All that information is being gathered.

We also have the venue review which looks at the cost of maintenance and covers the costs of bringing a building back to the standard to which it was built and that including water, mechanical and electrical services. Those two pieces of work together will form the basis of our plans for the future. Aligned with that, we have the proposed family court Bill and expected future demand.

We have already undertaken to refurbish every county town courthouse in the country and that work is still under way. We have to overlay that with sustainability and environmental targets. As I said, a large percentage of our buildings are extremely old. We have to meet targets of reducing carbon emissions by 50% and bringing all properties up to BER standard B by 2030. Those are significant challenges, which will require significant funding if we are to meet them all.