St Helens County Court - contact applications

County: Merseyside, Region: Merseyside, Court circuit: Northern

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 32.6 14.6 20.3 25.7 14.2 8.5 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.9
England & Wales 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.1 7.7 6.8 4.4 1.8 1.4 1.6
RefusedThis court 0.0 0.8 4.9 2.7 16.7 1.7 0.0 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 4.3 5.4 4.9 13.5 8.3 6.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
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 63.0 79.2 69.9 58.1 60.8 83.1 98.5 100.0 100.0 98.1
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 80 83 91 73 65 58 82 95 69 74
Outcomes Withdrawn 15 19 29 19 17 5 1 0 0 3
Refused 0 1 7 2 20 1 0 0 0 0
No orders 2 7 7 10 10 4 0 0 0 0
Orders made 29 103 100 43 73 49 65 86 109 156
Welfare reports requested 39 85 68 24 35 30 12 37 23 68

Note: '...' = no data


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