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Family Court Statistics Quarterly: October to December 2021

Quarterly and annual data on the volume of cases dealt with by family courts over time, with statistics also broken down for the main types of case involved.

• From: Ministry of Justice
• Published: 31 March 2022
• Last updated: 8 April 2022 — See all updates

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Family Court Statistics Quarterly: October to December 2021

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Family Court Tables: October to December 2021

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Ad hoc annex: Mediation Information & Assessment Meetings for private law applications

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Family Court CSVs: October to December 2021

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Guide to Family Court Statistics

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Family Court Statistics Quarterly: Data Quality Statement

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Details

This report presents the latest statistics on type and volume of cases that are received and processed through the family court system of England and Wales in the fourth quarter of 2021 (October to December).

The material contained within this publication was formerly contained in Court Statistics Quarterly, a publication combining Civil, Family and Criminal court statistics.

Please note that an ad hoc table on Mediation Information & Assessment Meetings for private law applications was added to this release on 8th April 2022.

Pre-release access

In addition to Ministry of Justice (MOJ) professional and production staff, pre-release access to the quarterly statistics of up to 24 hours is granted to the following postholders:

Ministry of Justice

Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice; Minister of State; 2 Parliamentary Under Secretary of States; Lords spokesperson; Permanent Secretary; Principal Private Secretary; Deputy Principal Private Secretary; 6 Private Secretaries; 6 Deputy Private Secretaries; 14 Assistant Private Secretaries; 3 Special Advisors; President of the Family Division; Head of News; Head of Content and Channels; 2 Head of Communications at the Office for Public Guardian; 2 Deputy Head of News; Senior Digital Content Manager; Chief Press Officer; 2 Press Officers; Chief Operating Officer; Director General, Policy and Strategy Group; Family Justice Director, Director of Data and Analytical Services; Chief Statistician; 17 Policy and Analytical Advisors.

Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)

Chief Executive; Head of Court Tribunal Service Centre; National Services Director; Head of Family Modernisation and Improvement; Delivery Director, National Business Services; Deputy Director, Family Operations; Operation lead, Divorce; Head of Operational Performance; Head of Data and MI Delivery; 3 Operational Managers.

Published 31 March 2022
Last updated 8 April 2022 + show all updates

1. 8 April 2022

   Ad hoc table on Mediation Information & Assessment Meetings for private law applications added

2. 31 March 2022

   First published.