Sheffield County Court - contact applications

County: South Yorkshire, Region: Yorkshire & Humber, Court circuit: North Eastern

Outcomes - as percentages

WithdrawnRefused
No orderOrders made

red bar = this court
blue line = national average
x = no data

Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
WithdrawnThis court 18.1 17.6 16.9 12.2 14.0 7.7 1.8 0.3 0.9 1.1
England & Wales 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.1 7.7 6.8 4.4 1.8 1.4 1.6
RefusedThis court 6.3 4.4 7.0 3.8 2.9 1.5 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0
England & Wales 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.5 1.4 0.8 0.2 0.1 0.1
No orderThis court 6.6 5.1 7.0 7.4 3.1 9.0 1.3 0.4 0.4 0.3
England & Wales 10.4 10.7 13.5 6.6 5.8 5.5 4.0 1.5 1.2 1.9
Orders madeThis court 69.0 72.8 69.0 76.6 79.9 81.8 96.6 99.4 98.8 98.6
England & Wales 77.8 77.5 74.7 82.6 85.1 86.3 90.8 96.5 97.3 96.3

Note: % = 100 * (Particular outcome) / (Total outcomes)
Red highlight = more than twice the national average for this outcome
(and five or more actual outcomes)
'...' = no data

Actual Applications & Outcomes

Year 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Applications 295 326 357 340 404 328 406 417 513 482
Outcomes Withdrawn 77 141 154 114 125 56 10 2 9 13
Refused 27 35 64 35 26 11 2 0 0 0
No orders 28 41 64 69 28 65 7 3 4 3
Orders made 294 582 628 714 713 592 535 775 1042 1164
Welfare reports requested 64 489 689 857 434 634 630 176 134 881

Note: '...' = no data


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