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Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Answer

Simon Hughes: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many applications were heard for emergency protection orders in Greater London in the last year for which information is available, broken down by borough; what proportion were granted; how many were ex-parte applications; and what proportion of ex-parte applications were granted. [164054] Mr. Leslie: The requested information is not collected in a manner that can be broken down by borough as it is collected at court level only. Provided in the table attached are the numbers of applications for emergency protection orders and orders made in the family proceedings courts in Greater London. There are no county courts in this region with the relevant jurisdiction as this work is dealt with by the Principal Registry of the Family Division, whose figures have been included for reference. No information is held centrally concerning those applications that were made ex-parte and can be provided only at disproportionate cost. Emergency Protection Orders 2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Family proceedings court/PRFD Applications made Orders made Barnet 13 13 Bexley 9 5 Bromley 9 9 Croydon 21 16 Ealing 20 11 Haringey 48 44 Harrow 23 23 Havering 12 11 Hounslow (Feltham) 21 21 Inner London Family Proceedings Court 290 253 Kingston-on-Thames 0 0 Redbridge 9 7 Richmond-on-Thames 4 4 South East Suffolk 12 12 South West Surrey 18 18 Uxbridge 28 27 Willesden 24 21 Wimbledon 10 10 Principal Registry of the Family Division 131 29 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

419 c1170-1W;419 c1172-3W; 164054

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Care proceedings Greater London Family proceedings Emergency protection orders

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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