Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of mediation in the civil justice system in each year since 2012.

Mediation in the civil justice system covers a wide range of activity. Civil mediation is voluntary and paid for by parties in the case, often before entering the court process. HMCTS operate a Small Claims Mediation Service. As a consequence, we do not hold the total cost to the public purse of mediation in the civil justice system.