The circuit boundaries changed on 1 April 2001 to align them with the boundaries of other criminal justice agencies. From that date the former Midland and Oxford Circuit became the Midland Circuit and responsibility for the following courts was transferred to other circuits: Grimsby Combined Court Centre and Scunthorpe Country Court transferred to the North Eastern Circuit; Oxford and Peterborough Combined Court Centres and the county courts at Banbury and Huntingdon transferred to the South Eastern Circuit.
