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Family Law Act 1996

Answer

The following tables show the number of occupation orders applied for, and the number of occupation orders granted, in each court area in each year since 2003. The data are taken from the HMCS FamilyMan database and the applications figures do not include applications for arrest warrants.

Occupation orders applied for in England and Wales, by court Area, 2003-08
Area	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset	216	230	215	243	215	180
Bedfordshire, Essex and Herts.	680	547	575	493	451	413
Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire	330	345	258	225	220	227
Black Country, Staffordshire and West Mercia	476	453	449	377	329	294
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk	406	385	391	343	344	309
Cheshire and Merseyside	413	369	334	314	227	230
Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria	686	625	591	646	532	384
Cumbria and Lancashire	354	316	325	323	260	199
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire	245	217	197	182	142	125
Devon and Cornwall	465	405	385	355	360	299
Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	419	404	372	284	247	283
Greater Manchester	311	274	292	300	232	188
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Humber and South Yorkshire	424	369	383	389	328	288
Kent	523	456	402	330	323	312
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Rutland and Northamptonshire	326	304	270	215	244	250
London Civil and Family	268	292	273	242	247	260
Mid and West Wales	2,970	2,474	2,590	2,419	2,098	2,021
North and West Yorkshire	138	106	109	99	95	88
North Wales	593	573	576	650	618	501
South East Wales	133	101	104	70	115	97
Surrey and Sussex	524	444	468	445	370	402
Thames Valley	487	400	352	336	300	295
England and Wales	11,560	10,239	10,042	9,384	8,351	7,738

Occupation orders made in England and Wales, by court area, 2003-08
Area	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Avon and Somerset	155	170	149	166	161	123
Bedfordshire, Essex and Herts.	419	349	372	279	320	324
Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire	223	283	240	239	247	157
Black Country Staffordshire and West Mercia	545	447	425	373	304	185
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk	267	301	336	295	292	184
Cheshire and Merseyside	435	374	418	287	192	148
Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria	719	551	615	710	513	242
Cumbria and Lancashire	417	446	427	306	281	147
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire	184	116	111	131	151	92
Devon and Cornwall	450	380	366	294	325	171
Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire	473	401	306	241	252	247
Greater Manchester	310	248	263	245	184	115
Hampshire and Isle of Wight	257	265	294	291	233	123
Humber and South Yorkshire	409	302	298	253	211	175
Kent	272	285	217	169	178	162
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Rutland and Northamptonshire	268	332	269	288	278	159
London Civil and Family	3,175	2,489	2, 224	1,965	1,627	1,377
Mid and West Wales	115	68	80	72	92	75
North and West Yorkshire	437	417	464	543	437	328
North Wales	124	90	98	52	47	62
South East Wales	181	157	113	103	95	61
Surrey and Sussex	472	350	422	349	267	151
Thames Valley	486	347	378	328	258	291
England and Wales	10,793	9,168	8,885	7,979	6,945	5,099

Area level figures are not available before 2003. However, the following table gives, for each year from 1998 to 2002, the most recently published national figures.

Occupation orders applied for, and made, in England and Wales between 1998 and 2002
	Applications made	Orders made
1998	11,147	9,023
1999	9,757	8,319
2000	10,295	9,736
2001	10,692	9,789
2002	11,924	11,763

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

503 c926-8W; 310380

Session

2009-10

Subjects

Occupation orders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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