January – March 2009 (Provisional Figures)
Table 1a: Applications entered and disposed
|
Number of applications entered |
Number of disposals |
|
Private Law |
Family Proceedings Court |
830 |
665 |
Family Care Centre |
31 |
38 |
|
High Court |
26 |
23 |
|
Total |
887 |
726 |
|
Public Law |
Family Proceedings Court |
127 |
69 |
Family Care Centre |
9 |
12 |
|
High Court |
9 |
8 |
|
Total |
145 |
89 |
|
Private law = residence, contact, specific issues, prohibited steps, parental responsibility, financial contribution, guardianship, family assistance, non-molestation and occupation orders
Table 1b: Applications entered and disposed by processing office
|
Public Law |
Private Law |
|||
Number of applications entered |
Number of disposals |
Number of applications entered |
Number of disposals |
||
Family Proceedings Court |
Antrim |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
Ballymena |
16 |
10 |
90 |
52 |
|
Bangor |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
Belfast |
24 |
18 |
206 |
174 |
|
Coleraine |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
|
Craigavon |
5 |
5 |
62 |
48 |
|
Downpatrick |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Dungannon |
22 |
14 |
65 |
69 |
|
Larne |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Limavady |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lisburn |
11 |
3 |
85 |
69 |
|
Londonderry |
13 |
4 |
114 |
89 |
|
Magherafelt |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
|
Newry |
21 |
4 |
69 |
69 |
|
Newtownards |
14 |
11 |
122 |
85 |
|
Omagh |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
Venue total |
127 |
69 |
830 |
665 |
|
Family Care Centre |
Craigavon |
5 |
7 |
17 |
7 |
Londonderry |
1 |
0 |
5 |
13 |
|
Belfast |
3 |
4 |
9 |
12 |
|
Dungannon |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
Venue total |
9 |
12 |
31 |
38 |
|
High Court |
Matrimonial |
0 |
0 |
4 |
3 |
Office of Care & Protection |
9 |
8 |
22 |
20 |
|
Venue total |
9 |
8 |
26 |
23 |
|
[1] Private law = residence, contact, specific issues, prohibited steps, parental responsibility, financial contribution, guardianship, family assistance, non-molestation and occupation orders.
Table 1c: Applications entered and disposed
|
Public Law |
Private Law |
||
Number of applications entered |
Number of disposals |
Number of applications entered |
Number of disposals |
|
Northern Ireland |
145 |
89 |
887 |
726 |
Table 2: Reasons for transfer [1]
|
|
|
Total |
|||||
Urgency |
Convenience |
Gravity |
Complexity |
Case linked - Consolidation |
Other |
|||
Family Proceedings Court |
Antrim |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Armagh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Ballymena |
0 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
11 |
|
Belfast |
0 |
1 |
0 |
14 |
8 |
1 |
24 |
|
Coleraine |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Craigavon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
Dungannon |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
|
Larne |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Lisburn |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
8 |
|
Londonderry |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
|
Newry |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
10 |
|
Newtownards |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
|
Omagh |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Venue total |
0 |
10 |
2 |
40 |
18 |
6 |
76 |
|
Family Care Centre |
Belfast |
4 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
2 |
24 |
Craigavon |
1 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
5 |
15 |
|
Dungannon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Londonderry |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Venue total |
5 |
5 |
2 |
20 |
1 |
8 |
41 |
|
High Court |
Office of Care and Protection |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
Venue total |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
|
Northern Ireland Total |
5 |
16 |
4 |
60 |
19 |
17 |
121 |
|
Where a court tier / venue is omitted, this indicates a nil return for the period to date.
[1] Total number of reasons for transfer. There may be more than one reason for each case.
Table 3: Total own motion orders
|
Own motion orders |
Parental Responsibility |
3 |
Contact: Permission |
146 |
Contact: Refusal |
0 |
Residence |
75 |
Prohibited Steps |
5 |
Specific Issues |
12 |
Family Assistance |
0 |
Care |
166 |
Supervision |
9 |
Education Supervision |
0 |
Declaration of Parentage |
2 |
Child Assessment |
6 |
Emergency Protection |
3 |
Extension of EPO |
2 |
Recovery |
1 |
Secure Accommodation |
3 |
Article 53 Contract |
0 |
Appointment of Guardian under Part XV |
33 |
Contribution and other Financial |
0 |
Non-Molestation Order |
0 |
Occupation Articles |
0 |
Article 56 Investigations |
0 |
Exclusion Requirement |
0 |
Other orders, applications etc |
166 |
Total |
632 |
|
Interim orders |
Parental Responsibility |
1 |
Contact: Permission |
1808 |
Contact: Refusal |
0 |
Residence |
351 |
Prohibited Steps |
114 |
Specific Issues |
5 |
Family Assistance |
0 |
Care |
1049 |
Supervision |
85 |
Education Supervision |
0 |
Child Assessment |
0 |
Emergency Protection |
0 |
Extension of EPO |
0 |
Recovery |
0 |
Secure Accommodation |
27 |
Article 53 Contract |
0 |
Appointment of Guardian under Part XV |
0 |
Contribution and other Financial |
0 |
Non-Molestation Order |
3 |
Occupation Articles |
0 |
Article 56 Investigations |
0 |
Exclusion Requirement |
0 |
Other orders, applications etc |
0 |
Total |
3443 |
Table 5: Sitting times and applications disposed of by venue
|
Total sitting time |
Average sitting time |
Total sittings |
|
Family Proceedings Court |
Antrim |
6:25 |
2:08 |
3 |
Ballymena |
44:05 |
3:23 |
13 |
|
Belfast |
186:50 |
3:36 |
52 |
|
Coleraine |
23:40 |
3:23 |
7 |
|
Craigavon |
29:50 |
3:44 |
8 |
|
Downpatrick |
00:00 |
0:00 |
0 |
|
Dungannon |
41:10 |
5:09 |
8 |
|
Larne |
9:21 |
3:07 |
3 |
|
Lisburn |
32:15 |
2:41 |
12 |
|
Lisburn@Craigavon |
15:45 |
3:09 |
5 |
|
Londonderry |
83:51 |
3:21 |
25 |
|
Newry |
50:05 |
3:20 |
15 |
|
Newtownards |
79:25 |
2:16 |
35 |
|
Omagh |
43:50 |
3:39 |
12 |
|
Venue total |
646:32 |
3:16 |
198 |
|
Family Care Centre |
Armagh |
15:25 |
3:51 |
4 |
Belfast |
97:13 |
1:01 |
95 |
|
Craigavon |
42:00 |
2:48 |
15 |
|
Dungannon |
4:52 |
1:37 |
3 |
|
Enniskillen |
0:05 |
0:05 |
1 |
|
Londonderry |
6:34 |
0:30 |
13 |
|
Newry |
6:02 |
2:01 |
3 |
|
Newtownards |
6:00 |
6:00 |
1 |
|
Omagh |
1:49 |
0:27 |
4 |
|
Venue total |
180:00 |
1:18 |
139 |
|
High Court |
Matrimonial |
0:00 |
0:00 |
0 |
Office of Care & Protection |
255:03 |
2:05 |
122 |
|
Venue total |
255:03 |
2:05 |
122 |
|
Table 5: Sitting times and business disposed of in Northern Ireland
|
Total sitting time |
Average sitting time |
Total sittings |
Northern Ireland |
1081:35 |
2:21 |
459 |
[1] Total sittings include both minority and majority sittings
|
Orders Made |
Total |
||
By Consent |
Other |
|||
Orders Made |
ADJOURN GENERALLY |
0 |
19 |
19 |
ARTICLE 20 NON-MOLESTATION ORDER |
0 |
6 |
6 |
|
ARTICLE 53 CONTACT WITH A CHILD IN CARE |
0 |
9 |
9 |
|
C18 - FINAL ORDER |
152 |
158 |
310 |
|
CARE ORDER |
9 |
34 |
43 |
|
CASE WITHDRAWN |
0 |
39 |
39 |
|
CONTACT ORDER |
421 |
153 |
574 |
|
DECLARATION OF PARENTAGE |
6 |
7 |
13 |
|
DISCHARGING A CARE ORDER |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
DISMISS ORDER (CHILDREN ORDER) |
0 |
20 |
20 |
|
EDUCATION SUPERVISION ORDER |
0 |
5 |
5 |
|
EMERGENCY PROTECTION ORDER |
6 |
10 |
16 |
|
EMERGENCY PROTECTION ORDER - OUT OF HOURS |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
EXTENSION OF AN EMERGENCY PROTECTION ORDER |
5 |
4 |
9 |
|
FAMILY ASSISTANCE ORDER |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
FINANCIAL PROVISION |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
LEAVE TO CHANGE SURNAME BY WHICH CHILD IS KNOWN |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|
LEAVE TO WITHDRAW |
0 |
91 |
91 |
|
ORDER FOR LEAVE OF COURT |
0 |
24 |
24 |
|
ORDER FOR RECOVERY OF A CHILD |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
ORDER OR DIRECTIONS FINAL |
25 |
20 |
45 |
|
ORDER TERMINATING APPOINTMENT OF GAL |
44 |
43 |
87 |
|
OTHER ORDER |
3 |
43 |
46 |
|
PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY ORDER |
38 |
15 |
53 |
|
PROHIBITED STEPS ORDER |
7 |
10 |
17 |
|
REFUSAL OF ARTICLE 3 CERTIFICATION |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
RESIDENCE ORDER |
232 |
142 |
374 |
|
SECURE ACCOMMODATION ORDER |
8 |
9 |
17 |
|
SPECIFIC ISSUES ORDER |
16 |
18 |
34 |
|
STRIKE OUT |
0 |
30 |
30 |
|
SUPERVISION ORDER |
2 |
16 |
18 |
|
Total |
980 |
931 |
1911 |
|
Table 7a: Average time in weeks from lodgement to disposal of cases by processing office
|
Public law |
Private law |
|||
|
Number of cases |
Average time weeks |
Number of cases |
||
Family Proceedings Court |
Antrim |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Ballymena |
15.6 |
10 |
28.5 |
52 |
|
Belfast |
23.9 |
18 |
22.9 |
174 |
|
Coleraine |
0 |
0 |
19.4 |
3 |
|
Craigavon |
18.7 |
5 |
22.9 |
48 |
|
Dungannon |
20.7 |
14 |
23.6 |
69 |
|
Lisburn |
20.7 |
3 |
23.1 |
69 |
|
Londonderry |
9.3 |
4 |
25.6 |
89 |
|
Magherafelt |
0 |
0 |
0.4 |
3 |
|
Newry |
19.8 |
4 |
28.7 |
69 |
|
Newtownards |
42.1 |
11 |
35.1 |
85 |
|
Omagh |
0 |
0 |
35.3 |
4 |
|
Total |
23.3 |
69 |
25.9 |
665 |
|
Family Care Centre |
Belfast |
63.3 |
4 |
53.1 |
12 |
Craigavon |
51.0 |
7 |
12.3 |
7 |
|
Dungannon |
13.0 |
1 |
50.4 |
6 |
|
Londonderry |
0 |
0 |
45.3 |
13 |
|
Total |
52.0 |
12 |
42.5 |
38 |
|
High Court |
Matrimonial |
0 |
0 |
36.6 |
3 |
Office of Care & Protection |
32.0 |
8 |
32.8 |
20 |
|
Total |
32.0 |
8 |
33.3 |
23 |
|
Nb Cases disposed will include time spent at the lower court tier.
Table 7b: Average time in weeks from lodgement to disposal of cases in Northern Ireland
|
Public law |
Private law |
||
|
Number of cases |
Average time weeks |
Number of cases |
|
Northern Ireland |
28.0 |
89 |
27.0 |
726 |
Nb Cases disposed will include time spent at the lower court tier.
Table 8: Age and gender of children
|
0-4 |
5-8 |
9-12 |
13-16 |
Total |
Male |
199 |
180 |
142 |
66 |
587 |
Female |
184 |
151 |
113 |
67 |
515 |
Unknown |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
Total |
383 |
331 |
256 |
133 |
1103 |
Appendix 1 - Average time in weeks from lodgement to disposal by venue for Care Cases
|
Average time in weeks |
Number of cases |
|
Family Proceedings Court |
Ballymena |
21.8 |
2 |
Belfast |
45.1 |
8 |
|
Craigavon |
45.5 |
2 |
|
Dungannon |
37.4 |
6 |
|
Lisburn |
46.4 |
1 |
|
Londonderry |
29.0 |
1 |
|
Newry |
62.1 |
1 |
|
Newtownards |
60.4 |
7 |
|
Total |
45.7 |
28 |
|
Family Care Centre |
Belfast |
77.9 |
2 |
Craigavon |
68.6 |
5 |
|
Dungannon |
0 |
0 |
|
Londonderry |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
71.3 |
7 |
|
High Court |
Office of Care & Protection |
48.1 |
5 |
Total |
48.1 |
5 |
|
Nb Cases disposed will include time spent at the lower court tier. This table includes all care applications irrespective of the order made.
Appendix 1 - Average time in weeks from lodgement to disposal for Care Cases
|
|
Number of cases |
Northern Ireland |
50.5 |
40 |
Nb Cases disposed will include time spent at the lower court tier. This table includes all care applications irrespective of the order made.
Appendix 2 - Average time in weeks spent at the court tier in which the case was finally disposed
|
Public Law |
Private Law |
|
Family Proceedings Court |
Antrim |
0 |
0 |
Ballymena |
15.6 |
28.3 |
|
Belfast |
23.9 |
22.5 |
|
Coleraine |
0 |
19.4 |
|
Craigavon |
18.7 |
22.9 |
|
Dungannon |
20.7 |
23.6 |
|
Lisburn |
20.7 |
23.0 |
|
Londonderry |
9.3 |
25.6 |
|
Magherafelt |
0 |
0.4 |
|
Newry |
19.8 |
28.5 |
|
Newtownards |
42.1 |
35.1 |
|
Omagh |
0 |
35.3 |
|
Total |
23.3 |
25.8 |
|
Family Care Centre |
Belfast |
44.6 |
40.1 |
Craigavon |
24.4 |
11.4 |
|
Dungannon |
13.0 |
40.6 |
|
Londonderry |
0 |
31.0 |
|
Total |
30.2 |
31.8 |
|
High Court |
Matrimonial |
0 |
17.2 |
Office of Care & Protection |
23.9 |
27.3 |
|
Total |
23.9 |
29.5 |
|
Appendix 2 - Average time in weeks spent at the court tier in which the case was finally disposed
|
Public Law |
Private Law |
Northern Ireland |
24.3 |
26.2 |