Mediation

(asked on 12th July 2019) - View Source
Questioner
Bim Afolami Portrait
Bim Afolami
(Conservative - Hitchin and Harpenden)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many mediators there are in England; and how many mediations by subject have taken place in each of the last five years.

Answered by
Paul Maynard Portrait
Paul Maynard
This question was answered on 22nd July 2019

Whilst the department does not hold information on privately-funded mediation, the Legal Aid Agency (LAA) holds data on family mediation cases in England and Wales that have started and are funded by Legal Aid. This can also be found in Table 7.2 of the Legal Aid statistics:

Family Mediation Starts

Financial Year

All Issues

Children Only

Property & Finance

Grand Total

2014-15

1,919

5,001

1,172

8,092

2015-16

1,889

5,574

1,369

8,832

2016-17

1,468

5,027

1,116

7,611

2017-18

1,141

4,270

891

6,302

2018-19

1,166

4,493

856

6,515

Further breakdown of cases and more information can be found in the published Legal Aid statistics: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/legal-aid-statistics-january-to-march-2019.

The Department does not hold data on the total number of family mediators. However, Legal Aid funded family mediation must have Family Mediation Council (FMC) accreditation. There are currently 1053 individual mediators accredited by the FMC in England and Wales. The complete list can be found on the FMC register at: https://www.familymediationcouncil.org.uk/fmc-full-register/.

For civil cases, a list of individual mediators accredited by the Civil Mediation Council (CMC) can be found at: https://civilmediation.org/about/cmc-members-list/. The courts signpost users to mediators that are CMC accredited, but this may not reflect all mediators offering mediation sessions. The department does not hold data on privately-funded mediation for civil cases.

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