Family Court Statistics Quarterly: January to March 2021
Quarterly data on the volume of cases dealt with by family courts over time, with statistics also broken down for the main types of case involved.
Applies to England and Wales
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This report presents the latest statistics on type and volume of cases that are received and processed through the family court system of England and Wales in the first quarter of 2021 (January to March).
The material contained within this publication was formerly contained in Court Statistics Quarterly, a publication combining Civil, Family and Criminal court statistics.
Notice: In the FCSQ consultation response (published March 2021) we committed to publishing divorce timeliness measures as per HMCTS’ monthly management information publications. We will be continuing exploration of the measures and underlying data to ensure the data is presented appropriately alongside existing measures.
Also we are running consultations on data published in FCSQ for the Court of Protection (Tables 21 and 22) and the Office for the Public Guardian (Table 23). Please see the relevant tables for further details and deadlines.
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; 8 Deputy Private Secretaries; 13 Assistant Private Secretaries; 3 Special Advisors; President of the Family Division; Head of News; Head of Communications at the Office for Public Guardian; Deputy Head of News; 2 Chief Press Officers; 2 Press Officers; Chief Finance Officer; Director, Policy and Strategy Group; Director of Data and Analytical Services; Chief Statistician; 13 Policy and Analytical Advisors.
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)
Interim 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.