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Version: 1.1.0 | Published: 19 Aug 2024 | Updated: 163 days ago
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Ministry of Justice Data First Family Court Iteration 2 - England and Wales

Dataset

Summary

Citation:
Ministry of Justice, released 01 July 2024, ONS SRS Metadata Catalogue, dataset, Ministry of Justice Data First Family Court Iteration 2 - England and Wales, https://doi.org/10.57906/y5a0-y273

Documentation

Description:
The Ministry of Justice Data First family court dataset provides data on cases heard by the family court in England and Wales, and the people involved, from 2011, and has been extracted from the FamilyMan management information system, used by His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) to manage cases within the family courts (County Courts). Information is included on individual divorce and Family Law Act, adoption, private and public law cases, the people involved as parties to the case (their role and characteristics), key case dates, processes and outcomes. There are three tables for cases, people and events, which can be joined together. A case will usually have multiple people involved (for example an applicant and respondent) and may have many events, (for example hearings, applications and orders made by the court) which are each included as a separate record. These depend on the type of case and its progress. As part of Data First, records have been deidentified and deduplicated, using our probabilistic record linkage package, Splink, so that a unique identifier is assigned to all records believed to relate to the same person, allowing for longitudinal analysis and investigation of repeat appearances. This opens up the potential to address questions on, for example, common transitions between family law case types and patterns associated with repeat use of the family court system. The Ministry of Justice Data First linking dataset can be used in combination with this and other Data First datasets to join up administrative records about people from across justice services to increase understanding around users’ interactions, pathways and outcomes.

Coverage

Spatial

Spatial Coverage:
  • England
  • Wales
Geographical Levels:
  • local authority district
  • lsoa11

Temporal

Start Date:
01 January 2011
Latest Data:
31 March 2023
Frequency:
IRREGULAR
Distribution Release Date:
01 July 2024

Provenance

Source:
Administrative

Access and Governance

Usage

Condition of Access:
  • Access needs approval
  • Restricted access
Condition of Use:
  • Special statistical disclosure rules
  • Output required for approval
Resource Creator:
Office for National Statistics

Access

Access Service:
  • Safe Rooms, SafePods
  • Assured Organisational Connectivity – office based
  • Assured Organisational Connectivity – remote access
Jurisdictions:
GB-EAW
Data Controller:
Ministry of Justice
Access Level:
Access Level 3

Format and Standards

Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV