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 2015 (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.

This report gives 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 2014 (July to September).

Following the recent consultation on a variety of publications produced by the Ministry of Justice; this publication is the first edition of Family Court Statistics Quarterly. The material contained within this publication was formerly contained in Court Statistics Quarterly, a collection combining civil, family and criminal court statistics.

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 2019 (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 on Probate statistics:
Currently data on grants of representation issued at published in Tables 25 and 26, including a split by registry type (Principal and District registries). To make sure that our statistics are responding to user needs, we are consulting on the following points and would welcome your views:

1. With the introduction of new Courts and Tribunals Service Centres, would changing the split by registry type to be CTSC/non CTSC registries be useful, or would you suggest removing this split entirely?
2. To fully understand the case flow of The Probate Service, we are interested in introducing a measure relating to timeliness:
   a) Would the average number of weeks from application submission to grant issue be useful?
   b) Do you have any other suggestions for a timeliness measure for us to consider?

To participate in this consultation, please send your comments to familycourt.statistics@justice.gov.uk by Friday 17th January 2020.

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 2022 (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.

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; Parliamentary Under Secretary of State; Lords spokesperson; Permanent Secretary; Private Secretaries (across 5 offices); 3 Special Advisors;

Head of News; Head of Communications at the Office for Public Guardian; Deputy Head of News; Chief Press Officer; Senior Press Officer; Press Officer;

Director General, Performance, Strategy and Analysis Group; Director General, Policy and Strategy Group; Family Justice Director; Deputy Director, Family Justice policy; Head of Family Justice Reform; Civil, Family, Tribunals data lead, Courts and Tribunals Recovery Unit.

Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS)

Chief Executive; Chief Financial Officer; Director of Operations; Deputy Director, Family Operations; Operation lead, Divorce; Head of Operational Performance; Head of Family Modernisation and Improvement.

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.

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.

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 2021 (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.

Notice: For this quarter’s publication round only, an additional csv has been published, ‘Public Law DFJ applications and orders’. This provides a breakdown of applications and orders granted for a specific set of public law and adoption related types of order.

Also there has been a revision on how domestic violence cases are counted, moving from counting all cases that involved a domestic violence remedy to counting only cases that fall under the Family Law Act (i.e. stripping out any Children Act/adoption cases already counted elsewhere).

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; 7 Deputy Private Secretaries; 14 Assistant Private Secretaries; 3 Special Advisors; President of the Family Division; Head of News; Head of Content and Channels; Head of Communications at the Office for Public Guardian; Deputy Head of News; Senior Digital Content Manager; 2 Chief Press Officers; 2 Press Officers; Chief Finance Officer; Director General, Policy and Strategy Group; Family Justice Director, Director of Data and Analytical Services; Chief Statistician; 15 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.