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.
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.