Paul Holmes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many Legal Services Commission matter starts for (a) welfare benefit, (b) housing, (c) employment, (d) debt, (e) immigration, (f) community care and (g) family law cases in Chesterfield were given in each of the last five years; and how many such starts are being offered in the current rounds of bidding. [310375]
Bridget Prentice:
The information requested is shown in the following tables.
Matter starts for the last five years
Figures for the number of new matter starts allocated in the categories specified for the last five years are shown in the table. The figures shown include all solicitor and not-for-profit offices in Chesterfield.
Data
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
2008-09
2009-10
Community care
15
7
0
0
0
Debt
260
286
327
362
413
Employment
85
107
222
312
351
Housing
229
270
331
376
550
Immigration asylum
0
7
7
8
12
Immigration non-asylum
12
30
33
47
54
Family
1,469
1,257
1,171
1,359
1,199
Welfare benefit
281
333
254
197
198
Due to the way in which the LSC contracted with not-for-profit offices prior to October 2007 the figures included for these providers prior to that time are actual cases started rather than matter starts allocated.
Matter starts for the current bid rounds
The new civil contract is due to begin in October 2010. The bid rounds for Immigration Services opened on 30 November 2009. New matter starts are now being allocated by procurement area rather than bid zone. For immigration services, Chesterfield is included in the midlands and east of England region. 9,340 asylum new matter starts and 7,990 non-asylum new matter starts have been made available in the current tender.
Bid rounds for all other civil services are due to open in February. Future allocations are in the process of being finalised and will be published in February 2010.
Non-molestation Orders
Paul Holmes:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for a non-molestation order have been (a) made and (b) granted in each court area in each year since their introduction. [310379]
Bridget Prentice:
The following tables show the number of non-molestation orders applied for, and the number of non-molestation 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.
Non-molestation orders applied for in England and Wales, by court area, 2003 - 08
Area
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Avon and Somerset
509
459
456
499
437
481
Bedfordshire. Essex and Herts.
864
760
771
685
707
851
Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire
543
565
456
436
398
446
Black Country, Staffordshire and West Mercia
792
778
728
674
564
626
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
582
600
580
522
531
528
Cheshire and Merseyside
608
571
512
500
433
516
Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria
1,319
1,221
1,198
1,342
1,231
1,285
Cumbria and Lancashire
585
570
588
592
575
553
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
395
332
309
317
316
340
Devon and Cornwall
689
562
501
479
474
428
Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
646
581
497
444
411
533
Greater Manchester
591
545
531
545
431
402
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight
544
545
529
518
501
462
Humber and South Yorkshire
1,084
924
910
868
806
751
Kent
503
482
424
341
364
472
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Rutland and Northamptonshire
404
451
411
391
411
471
London Civil and Family
4,578
4,624
4,825
4,616
4,272
4,747
Mid and West Wales
215
149
164
150
159
136
North and West Yorkshire
1,264
1,244
1,357
1,418
1,426
1,599
North Wales
199
160
157
125
110
147
South East Wales
262
251
184
170
196
181
Surrey and Sussex
748
635
705
691
610
695
Thames Valley
675
565
539
562
508
491
England and Wales
18,599
17,574
17,332
16,885
15,871
17,141
Non-molestation orders made in England and Wales, by court area, 2003 - 08
Area
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Avon and Somerset
578
523
524
561
491
541
Bedfordshire, Essex and Herts.
851
795
787
715
772
946
Birmingham, Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire
505
734
671
613
600
537
Black Country, Staffordshire and West Mercia
1,158
1,121
1,012
969
781
773
Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk
760
837
831
808
742
647
Cheshire and Merseyside
934
777
793
695
561
596
Cleveland, Durham and Northumbria
1,977
1,839
1,843
2,015
1,783
1,541
Cumbria and Lancashire
1,018
1,055
1,084
908
856
792
Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire
506
406
390
434
422
413
Devon and Cornwall
1,044
793
614
548
522
417
Dorset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
827
758
611
609
564
627
Greater Manchester
862
745
720
722
503
374
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
519
583
569
565
501
350
Humber and South Yorkshire
1,075
1,047
1,098
1,051
919
707
Kent
659
666
580
466
453
445
Lincolnshire, Leicestershire and Rutland and Northamptonshire
