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Dept for Constitutional Affairs

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Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many applications were heard for emergency protection orders in each county in England in the last year for which information is available; what proportion were granted; how many were ex-parte applications; and what proportion of ex-parte applications were granted. [157610] Mr. Leslie: Figures showing the number of applications for an emergency protection order and the number of orders made, by each county in England for the year 2002, are provided in the following table. No information is held centrally concerning those applications that were made ex-parte and can be provided only at disproportionate cost. Emergency Protection Orders--applications and orders made, by county, 2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. County Total applications Total orders Percentage orders granted Avon 40 38 95.0 Bedfordshire 50 28 56.0 Berkshire 15 10 66.7 Buckinghamshire 34 33 97.1 Cambridgeshire 5 0 0.0 Cheshire 0 0 -- Cleveland and Darlington 65 30 46.2 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 37 20 54.1 Cumbria 19 15 78.9 Derbyshire 18 14 77.8 Devon 30 26 86.7 Dorset 0 0 -- Durham 16 4 25.0 E Riding and N Lincolnshire 4 0 0.0 Essex 6 1 16.7 Gloucestershire 29 24 81.9 Greater London 80 73 91.3 Greater Manchester 202 163 80.9 Hampshire 36 24 66.1 Herefordshire and Worcestershire 0 0 -- Hertfordshire 1 0 0.0 Humberside 57 50 87.7 Kent 26 28 707.8 Lancashire 74 47 63.5 Leicestershire and Rutland 32 20 62.5 Lincolnshire 22 17 77.3 London 364 274 75.2 Merseyside 28 21 75.0 N. Somerset and S. 2 0 0.0 Gloucestershire Norfolk 29 28 96.6 North Yorkshire 28 17 60.7 Northamptonshire 0 0 -- Northumberland 6 6 700.0 Nottinghamshire 134 119 88.8 Oxfordshire 35 32 91.4 Shropshire 1 1 100.0 Somerset 24 12 50.0 South Yorkshire 60 60 100.0 Staffordshire 144 125 86.8 Suffolk 9 3 33.3 Surrey 41 33 80.5 Sussex 90 84 93.3 Tyne and Wear 45 19 419 Warwickshire 44 44 700.0 West Midlands 72 49 68.7 West Yorkshire 71 7 9.9 Wiltshire 1 3 300.0 National 2,127 1,603 75.3 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The orders made do not necessarily relate to the applications made due to the period between application and order. The figures contain imputed data.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

418 c852-3W;418 c872-3W; 157610

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Children Care proceedings Applications Emergency protection orders Countries

Contains statistics

Yes

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