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What is the household composition of children involved in public and private law cases?

Children involved in private or public law applications are more likely to live in a lone parent household

What are the ways in which children participate in private law cases?

Proportion of cases starting in 2019/20 with a child participation marker in first 12 months in England

Have the number of private law orders changed over time?

Number of private law orders between 2011 and 2023

Have the number of private law applications changed over time?

Number of private law applications between 2011 and 2023

What applications and orders are made in private law?

Comparison of private law application type with order type (most common order types) in England and Wales, 2023

Are deprivation levels greater in kinship households as compared to parental households?

Does the number of children living in kinship care vary by the child’s age?

How many children are involved in private law applications in Wales each year?

Number of children involved in private law applications between 2011 and 2018 in Wales

How many siblings do children involved in public and private law cases have?

Number of siblings in households in Wales

How commonly are conflict management services delivered in England?

Number of Separated Parents Information Programme (SPIP) interventions completed in England between 2019/20 and 2022/23

How common are publicly funded mediation assessments, mediation starts and successful agreements each year?

Number of publicly funded mediation assessments, starts and outcomes per year between 2006/7 and 2022/23

Has the number of children involved in public care and private law cases changed over the past 10 years?

Number of children involved in public care and private law cases received by Cafcass England between 2014/15 and 2022/23

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What do we know about children in the family justice system?

Our regularly updated infographic highlights what we know, and what we don’t know, about children’s journeys through the family justice system based on national administrative data.

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Events | Data | 19/01/2021 – 19/01/2021

Improving outcomes for children and families: Introducing the family justice data at the SAIL databank
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Events | Data | 21/10/2019 – 21/10/2019

Making better use of local area data: opportunities and challenges for children’s social care

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