Bournemouth County Court - contact applications

County: Dorset, Region: South West, Court circuit: Western

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 21.6 18.9 38.6 17.1 14.3 11.0 0.7 0.3 0.0 0.0
England & Wales 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.1 7.7 6.8 4.4 1.8 1.4 1.6
RefusedThis court 1.6 2.9 1.1 0.0 3.0 0.3 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 3.2 7.4 7.0 2.7 0.5 1.0 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 73.5 70.9 53.3 80.2 82.2 87.7 99.3 99.7 100.0 100.0
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 210 291 220 187 260 233 284 372 363 353
Outcomes Withdrawn 80 46 105 44 53 34 3 2 0 0
Refused 6 7 3 0 11 1 0 0 0 0
No orders 12 18 19 7 2 3 0 0 0 0
Orders made 272 173 145 207 305 270 445 585 706 651
Welfare reports requested 30 116 187 114 136 117 215 80 232 466

Note: '...' = no data


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