HM Courts & Tribunals Service

Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service

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Agency overview
Formed	2011; 7 years ago (2011)
Preceding agencies	Her Majesty's Courts Service Tribunals Service
Type	Executive agency
Jurisdiction	All courts and tribunals in England and Wales Non-devolved tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Headquarters	102 Petty France London, SW1
Employees	21,000
Annual budget	£1.7 billion (gross)
Minister responsible	Shailesh Vara MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for the Courts and Legal Aid
Agency executive	Susan Acland-Hood, Chief Executive
Parent department	Ministry of Justice
Key document	Framework document
Website	www.justice.gov.uk/about/hmcts/
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Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice. It was created on 1 April 2011 by the merger of Her Majesty's Courts Service and the Tribunals Service.

The agency is responsible for the administration of the courts of England and Wales, the Probate Service and tribunals in England and Wales and non-devolved tribunals in Scotland and Northern Ireland. It works from about 600 locations across the United Kingdom.

The Framework Document for Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service says its aim is "to run an efficient and effective courts and tribunals system, which enables the rule of law to be upheld and provides access to justice for all." The courts over which it has responsibility are the Court of Appeal, the High Court, the Crown Court, the magistrates' courts, and the county courts.

The agency is responsible for the administration of all chambers of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal, together with the employment tribunals and certain other tribunals which the Tribunals Service was responsible for serving, such as the Special Immigration Appeals Commission and Proscribed Organisations Appeal Commission.