Facts & Stats
What is really happening in Family Court?
References
1. ONS – Marriages in England and Wales https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/marriagecohabitationandcivilpartnerships/datasets/marriagesinenglandandwales2013/2017/marriagesworkbook2017forpublication.xlsx Table 4
2. ONS - Divorces in England and Wales https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/divorce/datasets/divorcesinenglandandwales/2019/divorcesworkbook2019fortracker.xlsx
3. ONS – Birth in England and Wales: Summary Tables https://www.ons.gov.uk/file?uri=/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/birthsummarytables/2019/birthsummarytables2019.xlsx
4. ONS - Domestic abuse prevalence and trends, England and Wales: year ending March 2019 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/articles/domesticabuseprevalenceandtrendsenglandandwales/yearendingmarch2019 Section 4
5. Child Maintenance Service – National Tables to September 2020 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/943868/national-tables-child-maintenance-service-to-september-2020.ods Table 6
6. Cafcass https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/about-cafcass/reports-and-strategies/annual-reports/ Cafcass Cymru https://gov.wales/cafcass-cymru-annual-report-2018-2019
7. Gov.uk https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-july-to-september-2020
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10. Sir Andrew McFarlane President of Ministry of Justice Family Division https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/PSU-domestic-abuse-FINAL.pdf (Page 8)
11. Brian Hudson – The Family Court Domestic Abuse Scandal Exposed in Numbers 27.07.2020 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XLp63qmZuavlx6UNf-H4kqXxWTTfOVjl/view?usp=sharing
12. Brian Hudson – The Family Court Domestic Abuse Scandal Exposed in Numbers 27.07.2020 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XLp63qmZuavlx6UNf-H4kqXxWTTfOVjl/view?usp=sharing
13. Brian Hudson – The Family Court Domestic Abuse Scandal Exposed in Numbers 27.07.2020 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XLp63qmZuavlx6UNf-H4kqXxWTTfOVjl/view?usp=sharing
14. Brian Hudson – The Family Court Domestic Abuse Scandal Exposed in Numbers 27.07.2020 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XLp63qmZuavlx6UNf-H4kqXxWTTfOVjl/view?usp=sharing
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