Court of Protection

(asked on 29th April 2019) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Lord Keen of Elie Portrait
Lord Keen of Elie
Shadow Minister (Justice)
This question was answered on 15th May 2019

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:

Applications to the Court of Protection

1 January – 31 December 2018

32,029

1 January – 31 December 2017

31,332

1 January – 31 December 2016

29,711

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

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