Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people self-represented in the small claims court in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

In the 12 months to March 2018, the most recent period for which data are available, 42,682 people self-represented in the small claims court.

Note: These data are a subset of published statistics (table 1.6) available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/714288/civil-justice-stats-main-tables-jan-mar-2018.xlsx and the caveat at footnote 2 of those published data also applies to the data provided in the answer above. ‘Self-representation’ is determined by the field 'legal representation' in the HMCTS case management system being left blank.