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Child Focused Court Programme Ad Hoc Management Information

The management information from the Child Focused Court programme in private family law proceedings.

Updates to this page

From:
Ministry of Justice
Published:
3 February 2025
Last updated:
28 October 2026
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  1. New management information published (data to June 2026)

  2. This release adds the Pathfinder courts in South East Wales and Birmingham.

  3. First published.

Documents

Child Focused Courts Pilot Management Information October 2026

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Child Focused Courts Pilot Management Information November 2025

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Child Focused Courts Pilot Management Information February 2025

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Details

This page holds ad hoc releases of management information data published in support of announcements of updates on the Child Focused Court programme (previously known as Pathfinder). We are publishing this data to show the reductions in average case timeliness, open caseloads in the Child Focused Court areas and numbers of referrals received by Independent Domestic Violence Advisers (IDVAs).

The last release was published in November 2025 covering the Child Focused Court areas in Birmingham and South East Wales which started the programme in April 2024 and May 2024 respectively. This release in October 2026 covers the Mid and West Wales (Swansea) and West Yorkshire, where the model started in March 2025 and June 2025 respectively.

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