Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
Children Order Statistics (Provisional Statistics)
October - December 2010

25th February 2011

Figures published today by the NI Courts and Tribunals Service in the quarterly Children Order Bulletin outline the Children Order court business received and dealt with from the quarter October - December 2010.

During the quarter;

There were 1,386 applications.
There were 1,351 orders made between July and September 2010
The average waiting time in weeks from lodgement to disposal for public law cases was 35 weeks
The average waiting time in weeks between lodgement to disposal for private law cases was 25 weeks

Notes for editors

There were 1,386 applications (Fig 1) entered during the period, of which:
159 = Public
1,227 = Private

Figure 1: Number of Applications received by court tier

Family Proceedings	92%
Family Care Centre	3%
High Court	5%

There were 169 cases transferred during the period with 175 reasons for transfer (Fig 2).

Figure 2: Reasons for Transfer

Point of Law	Urgency	Separate Representation for Child	Returned to Lower Court	Jurisdiction	Gravity	Convenience	Consolidation	Complexity
5	3	4	7	22	8	1	30	95

There were 1,736 children involved in Children Order Proceedings during the period, of which 40% were under the age of five

Important Notices:

Figures are run from an administrative database and may change due to late returns and further validations.

The full version is available at: http://www.courtsni.gov.uk/en-GB/Publications/Targets_and_Performance/p_tp_ChildrenOrderBulletin_OctDec_2010.htm

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