Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in the past five years, how many appeals were heard following private-law Children Act cases heard by (a) magistrates, (b) district judges, (c) deputy district judges, (d) circuit judges, (e) High Court judges.

The following table shows the number of appeals recorded in private law Children Act cases in the last five years.

Data is not available on the level of judge whose decision is being appealed, whether an appeal was heard, whether permission to appeal was granted or whether the appeal was successful.