Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications have been made to the Court of Protection in each of the last three years; and what was the average time between the application being stamped and an order made in each of the last three years.

Information about the number of applications made to the Court of Protection is published at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-october-to-december-2018

In respect of the number of applications received in the three years specified in the question, the data are set out below:

Data showing the average time between the application being stamped and an order made could only be provided at disproportionate cost.