Table 1:<\/strong> Annual number of private law cases starting in Family Courts in England and Wales from 2014 to 2018 in which both, one or neither party had legal representation<\/p><\/td><\/tr>Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td>Total number of cases started<\/strong><\/p><\/td>Parties with legal representation<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> | <\/p><\/td> | Both applicant and respondent<\/p><\/td> | Either applicant or respondent<\/p><\/td> | Neither applicant nor respondent<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2014<\/p><\/td> | 42,114 <\/strong><\/p><\/td>7,424<\/p><\/td> | 18,630<\/p><\/td> | 16,060<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2015<\/p><\/td> | 43,347 <\/strong><\/p><\/td>7,654<\/p><\/td> | 18,500<\/p><\/td> | 17,193<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2016<\/p><\/td> | 48,246 <\/strong><\/p><\/td>8,262<\/p><\/td> | 20,048<\/p><\/td> | 19,936<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2017<\/p><\/td> | 50,652 <\/strong><\/p><\/td>8,303<\/p><\/td> | 20,497<\/p><\/td> | 21,852<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2018<\/p><\/td> | 51,672 <\/strong><\/p><\/td>8,561<\/p><\/td> | 20,346<\/p><\/td> | 22,765<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | Notes:<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>1) An applicant party is considered 'represented' if at least one applicant has a recorded representative. Likewise for respondents.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 2) Parties in private law cases are usually the parents or people with parental responsibility for the child/children involved. Others, including grandparents and carers, can apply after gaining permission from the court.<\/p><\/td><\/tr> | 3) Private law adoptions are not included<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>Since 2015, we have invested almost £6.5million in a support strategy for unrepresented parties. This provides practical support and information as well as routes to free or more affordable legal advice. Public funding remains available for parents in public law Children Act proceedings where a local authority seeks an order to place a child in care or under its supervision, and in private law Children Act cases where there is evidence of domestic or child abuse. <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1130973/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Cancer incidence rates over the last ten years for people under 25 years old show a minimal increase in absolute numbers. Unlike with many adult cancers, lifestyle-related risk factors (such as smoking) do not influence a young person\u2019s risk of developing cancer so cancers are less preventable. The small increase in incidence therefore reflects changes in demographics rather than relative risk of having cancer at any given age.<\/p> As such, our focus is on research and ensuring that children and young people get the very best treatment and care if they do develop cancer. The NHS Long Term Plan has a series of commitments to improve outcomes for all cancer patients, including children and young people with cancer. For example, the National Health Service will actively support children and young people to take part in clinical trials, so that participation among children remains high, and among teenagers and young adults rises to 50% by 2025. Also, from 2019, the NHS will begin to offer all children with cancer whole genome sequencing to enable more comprehensive and precise diagnosis, and access to more personalised treatments.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1130974/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department set out its strategy to see one million more disabled people in work by 2027 in the 2017 Command Paper \u201cImproving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability\u201d. A key element of this is action to help keep people (including older workers) with health conditions in work. We are already investing in testing new interventions to support people, including our Health-Led Trials, and the Government is working to ensure employers and key stakeholders across all sectors adopt and implement the core and enhanced mental health standards set out in Thriving at Work: The Stevenson / Farmer review of mental health<\/em>.<\/p>To support older people falling out of labour market due to health conditions, the Government has extended the right to request flexible working for all employees with 26 weeks\u2019 continuous service with their employer. Access to flexible working practices, such as flexi-time, compressed hours and remote working, is key to helping older workers stay in the labour market.<\/p> <\/p> We are also exploring further ways to reduce the number of people who leave work each year for health reasons and will consult on measures to encourage and support all employers to play their part. This consultation will also propose ways to improve access to occupational health.<\/p> <\/p> Background<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> In February 2017 Government published an employer-led Strategy Fuller Working Lives: a partnership approach<\/em>, which sets out the importance of Fuller Working Lives for employers and individuals. It also sets out action Government is taking to support older workers to remain in the labour market.<\/p> <\/p> Improving Lives: The Future of Work, Health and Disability<\/em> published in November 2017 set out an ambitious and comprehensive programme of action to support disabled people and people with long term physical and mental health conditions to get into and stay in work and progress in rewarding careers. This action spans the workplace, health and welfare settings.<\/p> <\/p> Since the launch of the publication, progress has been made in a number of areas including:<\/p> - Health Led Trials, the worlds largest trial of Individual Placement and Support, testing whether the internationally proven model to support people with severe mental health conditions to find sustained work can be as effective to those with different conditions.<\/li>
- More than doubled the number of Employment Advisors in IAPT services, ensuring that more people with mental health problems receive employment support to them get into or remain in work.<\/li>
- Undertaken a substantial package of activity within the health system itself, both to support healthcare professionals to have effective, appropriate, work conversations with their patients, and are exploring ways to reform the fit note.<\/li><\/ul>"}
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Departmental officials regularly meet with National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) officials to discuss issues such as capacity for the development of guidance across all its guidance programmes, including as part of the annual business planning process. NICE does not operate a fixed capacity for the development of highly specialised technologies guidance and any topic that meets the topic selection criteria will be prioritised for guidance development.<\/p>"}
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