Written question asked by Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party) on Monday, 6 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 8 July 2026. It was answered by Sarah Sackman (Labour) on Tuesday, 14 July 2026 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.
Civil Proceedings and Family Proceedings: Standards
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken for civil and family court cases.
- Answer
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The Department publishes statistics on the timeliness of cases in civil and family courts in the Civil Court Statistics Quarterly and Family Court Statistics Quarterly publications. These can be found at the following links: Civil justice statistics quarterly - GOV.UK and Family Court Statistics Quarterly - GOV.UK.
We have made positive progress in reducing case lengths in the family and civil courts; however, we recognise that average case lengths remain higher than we would like.
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- 2026-27
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- Civil proceedings Family proceedings Standards
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