Family Courts

(asked on 27th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family court centres have been operating in each region of the UK in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 3rd April 2019

Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunal Service is responsible for the administration of the family courts in England and Wales only. Detailed information on which courts dealt with family work prior to 2014 and the creation of the Single Family Court is not available. Information from 2014 is below:

Location

2014 (from 22nd April)

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019 to date

London

12

12

12

12

12

12

Midlands

17

17

17

17

17

17

North East

39

39

39

39

39

39

North West

20

20

20

19

19

19

South East

36

36

36

36

36

35

South West

21

21

21

20

20

20

Wales

17

17

17

17

17

17

National

162

162

162

160

160

159

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