National statistics

Family Court Statistics Quarterly: April to June 2022

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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Family Court Tables: April to June 2022

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Family Court CSVs: April to June 2022

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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 second quarter of 2022 (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.

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; 6 Private Secretaries; 3 Special Advisors;

Head of News; Head of Communications at the Office for Public Guardian; 2 Deputy Head of News; Chief Press Officer; 2 Press Officers;

Director General, Performance, Strategy and Analysis Group; Director General, Policy and Strategy Group; Family Justice Director; Deputy Director, Family Justice policy; Head of Family Justice Reform; Civil, Family, Tribunals data lead, Courts and Tribunals Recovery Unit.

Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)

Chief Executive; Chief Financial Officer; Director of Operations; Deputy Director, Family Operations; Operation lead, Divorce; Head of Operational Performance; Head of Family Modernisation and Improvement.

Published 29 September 2022
Last updated 12 October 2022 + show all updates
  1. Please note that the total number of financial remedy cases starting in Q4 2021 and Q2 2022 in Table 1 has changed and the total number of financial remedy cases disposed from Q3 2019 in Table 1 has also changed as well. Figures based on these numbers such as the number of cases started and disposed annually as well as the total number of cases started and disposed have also been updated in Table 1 and the bulletin.

  2. First published.