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1672042

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government when they plan to review the evidence arising from the Family Courts transparency pilots at (1) Leeds, (2) Cardiff, and (3) Carlisle.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports the President of the Family Division’s ambition to increase transparency in the family courts. The Media Reporting Pilots, led by the President, are running from January 2023 to January 2024 and will be independently evaluated. The Government will carefully consider the findings of the evaluation once complete, and publish an assessment as appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL470 question first answered 04/12/2023 15:40:43 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1672043

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to present to Parliament their response to the Family Courts transparency pilots.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government supports the President of the Family Division’s ambition to increase transparency in the family courts. The Media Reporting Pilots, led by the President, are running from January 2023 to January 2024 and will be independently evaluated. The Government will carefully consider the findings of the evaluation once complete, and publish an assessment as appropriate.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL469 question first answered 04/12/2023 15:40:43 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1672044

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the implications for freedom of speech of (1) transparency orders, and (2) privacy injunctions, used in family courts, which may restrict named individuals from discussing the case with third parties including family and media outlets.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of enabling the media to access family court proceedings to increase transparency in the Family Justice system while at the same time ensuring the privacy of vulnerable children and families going through court are protected.</p><p>Transparency Orders and privacy injunctions are made by the independent judiciary, taking all relevant factors, including freedom of speech, into consideration.</p><p>Transparency Orders are used by the court to set the parameters on what may or may not be reported in a particular case without amounting to contempt of court. The template Transparency Order, drafted by the judiciary, is cast in injunctive terms. If a Transparency Order is made in a case, then it is binding on members of the media to whom it applies. The Media Reporting Pilots in the family courts are being independently evaluated before any decisions are made on whether there should be changes to provision on media access to, and disclosure of information from family proceedings.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL472 question first answered 04/12/2023 14:26:38 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1672045

registered interest
date	21/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the use of transparency orders in family courts to prevent proceedings being open to media scrutiny, including (1) those made under the auspices of the Family Courts Transparency Pilots, and (2) those made in other general family court proceedings.
tabling member printed	Lord Jackson of Peterborough
uin	HL472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of enabling the media to access family court proceedings to increase transparency in the Family Justice system while at the same time ensuring the privacy of vulnerable children and families going through court are protected.</p><p>Transparency Orders and privacy injunctions are made by the independent judiciary, taking all relevant factors, including freedom of speech, into consideration.</p><p>Transparency Orders are used by the court to set the parameters on what may or may not be reported in a particular case without amounting to contempt of court. The template Transparency Order, drafted by the judiciary, is cast in injunctive terms. If a Transparency Order is made in a case, then it is binding on members of the media to whom it applies. The Media Reporting Pilots in the family courts are being independently evaluated before any decisions are made on whether there should be changes to provision on media access to, and disclosure of information from family proceedings.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy grouped question UIN HL471 question first answered 04/12/2023 14:26:38 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

1669833

registered interest
date	14/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has commissioned independent research on the experience of litigants during and prior to entering the family court process since April 2013.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	1872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department has regularly commissioned independent research on the experience of litigants during and prior to entering the family court process since April 2013. Most recently this includes: independent research undertaken as part of the 2020 report on Assessing Risk of Harm to Children and Parents in Private Law Children Cases; externally commissioned research exploring The Factors Influencing Users’ Decisions to Bring Cases to the Civil and Family Courts published in 2023; and the Review of the Presumption of Parental Involvement due to be published in early 2024.</p><p>Research conducted by, or on behalf of the MoJ, is published on ‘Research and statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)’ according to Government Social Research protocols.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 20/11/2023 15:59:07 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1669550

registered interest
date	13/11/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many open family cases there are in each Designated Family Judge area for (a) public and (b) private family law; and what proportion of those cases in each area involve litigants in person in (i) 31 March 2011, (ii) 31 March 2016 and (iii) 31 March 2019.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	1556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2023 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the data tables below and is taken from HMCTS administrative data systems.</p><p> </p><p>We have not been able to provide figures for 2011 as this data was not recorded centrally before 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Count of the Private and Public Law Open Caseload as at the 31st March 2016 broken down to include cases without a representative</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">DESIGNATED FAMILY JUDGE AREA</del></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><del class="ministerial">Public Law Open Caseload</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial">Private Law Open Caseload</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Unrepresented<sup>1</sup></del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">Represented</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">Total</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Unrepresented<sup>1</sup></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Represented</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Total</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Birmingham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">65</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">186</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">251</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">730</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">317</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1047</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Blackburn/Lancaster</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">36</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">258</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">294</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">379</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">228</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">607</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Bournemouth and Dorset</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">113</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">132</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">204</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">94</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">298</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Brighton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">44</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">141</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">185</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">454</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">183</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">637</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Bristol (A, NS and G)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">35</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">193</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">228</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">338</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">205</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">543</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Carlisle</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">73</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">89</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">126</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">53</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">179</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Central London</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">120</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">325</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">445</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1600</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">622</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2222</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Cleveland and South Durham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">36</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">166</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">202</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">215</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">152</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">367</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Coventry</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">124</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">141</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">279</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">154</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">433</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Derby</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">100</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">119</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">172</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">126</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">298</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Devon</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">39</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">167</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">206</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">285</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">180</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">465</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">East London</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">95</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">285</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">380</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1000</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">447</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1447</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Essex and Suffolk</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">64</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">198</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">262</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">554</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">306</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">860</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Guildford</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">58</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">89</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">204</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">117</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">321</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Humberside</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">34</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">122</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">156</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">285</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">115</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">400</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Leicester</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">28</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">123</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">151</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">230</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">145</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">375</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Lincoln</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">67</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">75</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">142</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">97</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">239</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Liverpool</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">106</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">364</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">470</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">708</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">363</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1071</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Luton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">81</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">95</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">256</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">99</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">355</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Manchester</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">139</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">320</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">459</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">777</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">398</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1175</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Medway and Canterbury</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">52</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">184</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">236</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">312</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">100</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">412</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Milton Keynes</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">176</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">200</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">328</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">170</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">498</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">North Wales</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">85</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">100</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">122</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">144</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">266</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">North Yorkshire</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">42</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">54</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">141</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">93</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">234</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Northampton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">37</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">121</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">158</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">208</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">83</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">291</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Northumbria and North Durham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">82</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">380</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">462</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">485</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">296</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">781</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Norwich</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">90</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">113</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">203</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">90</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">293</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nottingham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">25</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">119</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">144</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">294</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">207</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">501</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Peterborough and Cambridge</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">106</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">124</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">170</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">86</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">256</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Portsmouth (Hampshire and IOW)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">31</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">150</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">181</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">499</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">248</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">747</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Reading</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">28</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">116</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">144</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">299</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">176</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">475</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">South East Wales</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">33</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">209</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">242</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">392</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">272</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">664</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">South Yorkshire</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">48</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">235</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">283</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">429</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">230</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">659</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Stoke on Trent</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">25</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">111</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">136</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">274</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">177</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">451</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Swansea</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">33</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">109</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">142</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">152</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">196</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">348</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Swindon</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">53</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">62</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">248</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">118</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">366</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Taunton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">92</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">104</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">103</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">51</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">154</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Truro</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">5</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">46</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">51</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">116</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">80</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">196</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Watford</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">33</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">109</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">142</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">260</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">142</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">402</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">West London</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">73</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">270</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">343</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">717</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">371</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1088</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">West Yorkshire</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">43</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">304</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">347</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">572</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">349</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">921</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Wolverhampton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">58</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">208</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">266</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">352</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">198</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">550</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Worcester</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">68</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">83</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">158</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">110</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">268</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(blank)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">37</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">161</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">198</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">135</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">105</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">240</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Grand Total</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1736</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">7008</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">8744</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">15907</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">8493</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24400</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Count of the Private and Public Law Open Caseload as at the 31st March 2019 broken down to include cases without a representative</strong></del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">DESIGNATED FAMILY JUDGE AREA</del></p></td><td colspan="5"><p><del class="ministerial">Public Law Open Caseload</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial">Private Law Open Caseload</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Unrepresented<sup>1</sup></del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">Represented</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">Total</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Unrepresented<sup>1</sup></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Represented</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">Total</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Birmingham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">64</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">180</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">244</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">973</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">412</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1385</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Blackburn/Lancaster</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">91</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">337</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">428</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">747</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">313</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1060</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Bournemouth and Dorset</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">83</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">93</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">254</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">141</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">395</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Brighton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">26</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">177</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">203</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">506</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">235</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">741</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Bristol (A, NS and G)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">54</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">225</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">279</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">666</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">339</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1005</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Carlisle</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">89</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">112</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">163</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">93</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">256</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Central London</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">134</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">320</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">454</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1467</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">685</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2152</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Cleveland and South Durham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">65</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">240</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">305</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">305</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">182</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">487</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Coventry</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">42</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">180</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">222</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">365</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">213</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">578</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Derby</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">40</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">245</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">285</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">267</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">197</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">464</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Devon</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">45</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">172</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">217</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">481</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">337</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">818</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">East London</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">132</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">343</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">475</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1658</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">803</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2461</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Essex and Suffolk</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">82</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">220</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">302</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1000</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">428</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1428</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Guildford</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">44</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">95</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">139</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">396</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">185</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">581</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Humberside</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">53</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">146</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">199</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">409</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">127</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">536</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Leicester</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">44</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">128</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">172</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">450</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">232</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">682</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Lincoln</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">98</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">114</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">280</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">156</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">436</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Liverpool</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">161</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">414</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">575</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1068</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">489</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1557</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Luton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">24</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">55</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">79</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">272</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">115</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">387</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Manchester</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">185</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">462</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">647</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1284</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">562</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1846</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Medway and Canterbury</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">52</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">167</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">219</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">536</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">251</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">787</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Milton Keynes</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">39</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">200</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">239</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">475</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">212</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">687</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">North Wales</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">30</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">108</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">138</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">180</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">141</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">321</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">North Yorkshire</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">11</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">39</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">50</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">264</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">157</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">421</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Northampton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">123</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">145</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">264</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">99</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">363</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Northumbria and North Durham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">175</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">438</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">613</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1004</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">569</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1573</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Norwich</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">51</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">139</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">190</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">324</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">167</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">491</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Nottingham</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">28</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">160</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">188</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">464</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">244</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">708</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Peterborough and Cambridge</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">126</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">148</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">296</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">167</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">463</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Portsmouth (Hampshire and IOW)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">41</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">206</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">247</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">744</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">331</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1075</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Reading</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">145</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">168</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">488</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">244</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">732</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">South East Wales</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">57</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">243</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">300</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">670</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">432</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1102</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">South Yorkshire</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">45</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">336</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">381</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">587</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">341</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">928</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Stoke on Trent</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">48</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">193</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">241</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">402</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">221</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">623</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Swansea</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">22</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">140</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">162</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">298</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">322</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">620</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Swindon</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">82</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">92</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">241</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">110</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">351</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Taunton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">6</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">63</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">69</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">164</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">110</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">274</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Truro</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">9</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">56</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">65</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">166</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">113</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">279</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Watford</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">14</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">84</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">98</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">424</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">183</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">607</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">West London</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">64</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">344</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">408</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1200</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">563</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1763</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">West Yorkshire</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">127</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">347</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">474</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">981</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">561</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">1542</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Wolverhampton</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">60</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">333</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">393</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">556</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">349</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">905</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Worcester</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">57</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">80</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">200</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">163</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">363</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">(blank)</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">58</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">70</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">28</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">21</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">49</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Grand Total</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">2326</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">8396</del></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><del class="ministerial">10722</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">23967</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">12315</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">36282</del></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><del class="ministerial"> </del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Count of the Private and Public Law Open Caseload as at the 31st March 2016 broken down by representative <sup>1,2</sup></strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Public Law<sup>3</sup> Open Caseload</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Private Law Open Caseload</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>DESIGNATED FAMILY JUDGE AREA</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Both Applicant and Respondent were represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Applicant only represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Respondent only represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Neither Applicant nor Respondent Represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Both Applicant and Respondent were represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Applicant only represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Respondent only represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Neither Applicant nor Respondent Represented</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Birmingham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">188</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">58</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">203</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">321</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">124</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">435</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackburn/Lancaster</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">264</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">37</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">151</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">185</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">78</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">196</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Bournemouth and Dorset</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">114</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">86</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">41</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">118</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Brighton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">141</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">41</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">90</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">171</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">93</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">283</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Bristol (A, NS and G)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">194</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">38</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">116</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">141</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">90</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">201</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Carlisle</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">75</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">33</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">52</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">20</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">75</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Central London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">302</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">93</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">224</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">375</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">150</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">606</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cleveland and South Durham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">35</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">107</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">98</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">45</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">117</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Coventry</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">130</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">106</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">116</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">171</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Derby</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">101</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">76</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">77</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">51</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">96</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Devon</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">169</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">39</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">103</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">127</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">79</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">158</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">East London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">290</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">96</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">267</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">379</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">183</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">630</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Essex and Suffolk</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">209</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">66</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">150</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">221</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">158</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">337</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Guildford</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">60</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">70</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">67</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">47</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">138</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Humberside</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">124</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">32</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">64</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">103</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">182</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Leicester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">128</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">27</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">87</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">88</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">63</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">146</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Lincoln</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">67</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">57</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">73</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">70</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Liverpool</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">371</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">101</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">210</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">263</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">158</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">448</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Luton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">81</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">47</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">100</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">52</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">158</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Manchester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">326</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">136</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">249</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">321</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">154</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">466</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Medway and Canterbury</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">193</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">51</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">59</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">93</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">46</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">220</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Milton Keynes</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">97</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">48</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">63</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">96</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">87</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">85</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">54</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">60</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">70</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">42</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">64</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">56</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">29</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">85</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Northampton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">121</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">37</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">38</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">57</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">48</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">155</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Northumbria and North Durham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">392</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">77</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">191</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">220</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">113</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">270</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Norwich</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">92</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">52</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">89</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">38</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">116</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Nottingham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">129</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">108</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">135</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">102</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">159</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Peterborough and Cambridge</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">109</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">57</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">69</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">101</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Portsmouth (Hampshire and IOW)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">154</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">140</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">200</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">110</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">301</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Reading</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">201</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">34</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">160</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">211</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">109</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">263</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Royal Courts of Justice</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">25</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">21</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">214</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">460</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">36</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">164</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South East Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">211</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">31</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">165</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">172</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">110</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">227</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">236</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">47</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">134</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">168</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">97</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">264</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Stoke on Trent</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">123</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">28</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">101</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">122</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">81</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">161</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Swansea</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">111</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">33</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">133</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">87</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">64</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">65</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Swindon</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">54</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">66</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">103</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">54</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">145</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Taunton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">92</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">28</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">43</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">23</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">60</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Truro</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">47</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">50</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">46</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">30</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">71</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Watford</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">110</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">33</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">76</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">90</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">66</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">170</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">277</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">74</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">208</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">296</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">424</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">308</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">39</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">215</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">296</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">135</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">276</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wolverhampton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">213</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">58</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">139</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">186</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">67</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">174</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Worcester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">71</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">68</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">74</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">44</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">86</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">(blank)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Grand Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>6996</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>1659</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>17</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>77</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>5062</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>6757</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>3431</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>9154</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Count of the Private and Public Law Open Caseload as at the 31st March 2019 broken down by representative <sup>1,2</sup></strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Public Law<sup>3</sup> Open Caseload</strong></ins></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Private Law Open Caseload</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>DESIGNATED FAMILY JUDGE AREA</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Both Applicant and Respondent were represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Applicant only represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Respondent only represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Neither Applicant nor Respondent Represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Both Applicant and Respondent were represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Applicant only represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Respondent only represented</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>Neither Applicant nor Respondent Represented</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Birmingham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">181</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">60</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">252</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">368</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">162</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">607</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Blackburn/Lancaster</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">338</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">91</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">162</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">271</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">152</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">477</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Bournemouth and Dorset</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">83</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">78</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">89</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">63</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">165</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Brighton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">177</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">26</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">134</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">101</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">339</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Bristol (A, NS and G)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">225</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">56</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">169</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">236</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">170</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">430</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Carlisle</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">89</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">61</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">49</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">32</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">114</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Central London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">309</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">116</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">270</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">406</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">245</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">543</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Cleveland and South Durham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">240</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">59</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">107</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">127</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">75</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">178</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Coventry</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">180</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">115</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">127</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">98</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">239</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Derby</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">246</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">40</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">117</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">110</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">81</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">157</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Devon</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">172</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">44</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">170</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">192</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">167</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">289</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">East London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">346</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">128</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">432</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">594</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">371</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1068</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Essex and Suffolk</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">223</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">79</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">212</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">340</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">218</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">664</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Guildford</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">96</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">43</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">106</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">105</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">79</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">291</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Humberside</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">144</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">46</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">48</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">122</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">79</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">287</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Leicester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">132</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">39</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">127</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">177</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">105</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">275</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Lincoln</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">98</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">84</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">126</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">72</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">155</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Liverpool</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">418</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">156</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">244</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">379</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">245</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">689</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Luton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">55</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">60</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">91</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">55</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">181</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Manchester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">466</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">180</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">301</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">457</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">261</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">828</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Medway and Canterbury</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">170</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">51</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">132</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">166</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">119</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">370</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Milton Keynes</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">109</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">29</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">73</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">43</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">223</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">107</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">29</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">91</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">87</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">50</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">93</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">North Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">39</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">86</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">114</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">71</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">150</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Northampton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">123</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">48</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">71</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">52</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">193</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Northumbria and North Durham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">440</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">168</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">7</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">288</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">377</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">282</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">627</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Norwich</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">141</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">51</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">85</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">122</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">82</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">203</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Nottingham</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">165</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">28</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">133</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">164</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">112</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">300</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Peterborough and Cambridge</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">127</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">93</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">103</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">75</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">193</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Portsmouth (Hampshire and IOW)</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">207</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">41</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">164</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">237</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">168</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">507</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Reading</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">237</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">33</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">192</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">232</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">176</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">441</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Royal Courts of Justice</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">143</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">390</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">27</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">130</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South East Wales</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">243</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">51</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">245</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">257</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">188</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">416</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">South Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">337</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">45</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">181</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">198</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">160</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">390</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Stoke on Trent</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">194</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">49</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">132</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">159</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">89</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">244</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Swansea</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">141</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">225</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">154</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">98</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">144</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Swindon</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">83</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">56</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">81</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">54</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">160</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Taunton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">63</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">57</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">48</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">116</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Truro</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">56</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">9</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">60</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">53</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">114</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Watford</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">85</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">99</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">121</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">84</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">303</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West London</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">346</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">63</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">298</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">458</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">265</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">744</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">West Yorkshire</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">347</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">123</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">309</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">442</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">252</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">539</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Wolverhampton</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">337</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">57</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">1</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">3</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">207</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">240</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">143</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">319</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Worcester</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">58</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">22</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">0</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">104</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">96</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">59</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">105</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Grand Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8387</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2233</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">93</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">6730</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">8976</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5586</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">15000</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><ins class="ministerial">This is Management Information; the data is taken from a live management information system and can change over time and may differ from previously published data.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><ol><li><ins class="ministerial">Self-representation is determined by the field 'legal representation' in Familyman being left blank. Therefore, this is only a proxy measure and parties without a recorded representative are not necessarily self-representing litigants in person.</ins></li></ol></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><ins class="ministerial">2. A party is considered 'applicant-represented' if at least one applicant has a recorded representative, and likewise for respondents.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><ins class="ministerial">3. The majority of Public law applicants are public bodies with access to their own legal resources - however, this legal representation is often not recorded. To address this, we introduced a methodology which assumes that all public body applicants have legal representation.</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><ins class="ministerial">Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system.</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 16/11/2023 15:39:58 question first ministerially corrected 22/04/2024 11:45:27 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer previous answer version 1275 answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1604618

registered interest
date	15/03/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recourse is available to parties in Family Court proceedings if the Family Court does not follow its own guidance with respect to pseudoscience and appeals are not being allowed.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	166299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The use of expert evidence in the family court is a judicial matter, with parameters set in legislation and procedure rules, particularly section 13 of the Children and Families Act 2014 and Part 25 and Practice Directions 25A to 25G of Family Procedure Rules 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Where an individual believed that a wrong or unsafe decision has been made by the court, there are routes of appeal and individuals can apply to have an order varied. In some cases, the appeal judge may consider an application for permission to appeal on paper and refuse. However, parties can ask for this decision to be reconsidered at an oral hearing unless the court has already determined that the application is totally without merit and therefore cannot be reconsidered.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 20/03/2023 16:45:38 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1599451

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that experts who are called to instruct family court cases involving child residency are suitably (a) qualified and (b) regulated.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	153995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>It is a matter for the judiciary to determine which experts may be instructed to provide evidence in family law proceedings.</p><p>Section 13 of the Children and Families Act 2014 makes provision in relation to the control of expert evidence in children proceedings. In addition, Practice Direction 25B sets out a duty on experts to comply with 11 specified standards, including evidencing their relevant experience which must be sufficient for the issues raised in the concerned case and a requirement to be up to date with continuing professional development appropriate to their discipline and expertise. If the expert’s area is regulated by a UK statutory body, they must confirm possession of a current licence to practice or equivalent. If the area is not regulated, then they must demonstrate appropriate qualifications and/or registration with a relevant professional body.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 153997 153998 question first answered 07/03/2023 17:38:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1599452

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will make an estimate of the number of child residency decisions made in family courts in each of the last five years that have been based on findings by the court that parental alienation has taken place.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	153996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Incidences of children who have been moved from one parental residence to another, as a result of parental alienation or alienating behaviours are not recorded centrally. Such information can only be obtained from individual case files at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 08/03/2023 19:25:25 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi

1599454

registered interest
date	27/02/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Family Courts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that witnesses instructed in family court cases are (a) accredited by and (b) answerable to a regulatory body.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
uin	153997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2023 answer text <p>It is a matter for the judiciary to determine which experts may be instructed to provide evidence in family law proceedings.</p><p>Section 13 of the Children and Families Act 2014 makes provision in relation to the control of expert evidence in children proceedings. In addition, Practice Direction 25B sets out a duty on experts to comply with 11 specified standards, including evidencing their relevant experience which must be sufficient for the issues raised in the concerned case and a requirement to be up to date with continuing professional development appropriate to their discipline and expertise. If the expert’s area is regulated by a UK statutory body, they must confirm possession of a current licence to practice or equivalent. If the area is not regulated, then they must demonstrate appropriate qualifications and/or registration with a relevant professional body.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer grouped question UIN 153995 153998 question first answered 07/03/2023 17:38:53 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi