Family Court Statistics Quarterly: April to June 2021
Quarterly data on the volume of cases dealt with by family courts over time, with statistics also broken down for the main types of case involved.
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This report presents the latest statistics on type and volume of cases that are received and processed through the family court system of England and Wales in the first quarter of 2021 (April to June).
The material contained within this publication was formerly contained in Court Statistics Quarterly, a publication combining Civil, Family and Criminal court statistics.
Notice: Following on from a recent public consultation on FCSQ, there have been some changes to a number of tables - a full update is provided in the bulletin on all consultation commitments.
Also, as per the notice in the FCSQ publication released in March 2021, the Power of Attorney (PoA) data provided for the Office of the Pubic Guardian has been revised to focus on registrations rather than receipts of PoAs and to expand the range of metrics published.
Pre-release access
In addition to Ministry of Justice (MOJ) professional and production staff, pre-release access to the quarterly statistics of up to 24 hours is granted to the following postholders:
Ministry of Justice
Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Minister of State; 2 Parliamentary Under Secretary of States; Lords spokesperson; Permanent Secretary; Principal Private Secretary; Deputy Principal Private Secretary; 6 Private Secretaries; 8 Deputy Private Secretaries; 13 Assistant Private Secretaries; 3 Special Advisors; President of the Family Division; Head of News; Head of Content and Channels; Head of Communications at the Office for Public Guardian; Deputy Head of News; Senior Digital Content Manager; 2 Chief Press Officers; 2 Press Officers; Chief Finance Officer; Director, Policy and Strategy Group; Director of Data and Analytical Services; Chief Statistician; 13 Policy and Analytical Advisors.
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)
Interim Chief Executive; Head of Court Tribunal Service Centre; National Services Director; Head of Family Modernisation and Improvement; Delivery Director, National Business Services; Deputy Director, Family Operations; Operation lead, Divorce; Head of Operational Performance; Head of Data and MI Delivery; 3 Operational Managers.
Last updated 8 October 2021 + show all updates
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Please note that figures regarding orders made for Female Genital Mutilation Protection Orders (FGMPOs) have been revised following an error in the original data processing; the total that was previously given as 685 has been revised to 717 orders. The relevant parts of the bulletin, Table 18 and the related csv have been amended accordingly.
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First published.