Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many private family law cases there were in the (a) Gwent and (b) Wales civil and family tribunals cluster between April 2013 and April 2014; and in how many such cases both parties had legal representation.

For family court cases Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly figures on the number of disposals and the average time taken for their disposal by case type, and by the legal representation of the parties. The latest figures up to quarter 2 (April to June) 2015 can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2015

Breaking down the parties representation figures for Wales nationally and for Gwent locally, private law disposals in Family Proceedings Courts and County Courts are as below: