Family Court Statistics Quarterly: July to September 2020
Quarterly data on the volume of cases dealt with by family courts over time, with statistics also broken down for the main types of case involved.
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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 third quarter of 2020 (July to September).
The material contained within this publication was formerly contained in Court Statistics Quarterly, a publication combining Civil, Family and Criminal court statistics.
Consultation Response
The FCSQ team recently held a consultation for users to better understand who uses these statistics, how they use them and what changes might help the team meet user needs better. The consultation was launched on 24th September 2020 and ran for 3 months. It combined questions to gain feedback across the range of documents and information we published, as well as several focused questions on divorce timeliness and Children Act data.
We will be assessing the completed responses to understand the needs of our users and to identify what is and is not possible with the resource available. A full response to this consultation will be published alongside the next FCSQ bulletin, scheduled for publication on 25th March 2021.
Although the closing date for this consultation has now passed, user engagement is a continuous process, and users are invited to submit their comments and suggestions to the team at any time, using the contact details in this publication.
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; 2 Parliamentary Under Secretary of States; Lords spokesperson; Principal Private Secretary; Deputy Principal Private Secretary; Permanent Secretary; 4 Private Secretaries; 4 Deputy Private Secretaries; 10 Assistant Private Secretaries; Special Advisor; 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; Acting Chief Statistician; 11 Policy Advisors.
Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)
Interim Chief Executive; Head of Family Modernisation and Improvement; Delivery Director, National Business Services; Deputy Director, Family Operations; Head of Operational Performance; Head of Data and MI Delivery; 3 Operational Managers.
Updates to this page
Last updated 18 December 2020 + show all updates
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Edited chapter 8 (financial remedy) - corrections to the figures showing the percentage of uncontested and contested applications
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First published.