Chelmsford County Court - contact applications

County: Essex, Region: Eastern, Court circuit: South 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 6.2 2.9 0.0 5.0 4.2 13.2 5.3 1.4 0.4 1.0
England & Wales 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.1 7.7 6.8 4.4 1.8 1.4 1.6
RefusedThis court 1.8 0.0 2.7 1.0 1.7 0.0 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 0.0 3.9 0.0 4.0 4.2 3.3 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.2
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 92.0 93.1 97.3 90.1 89.8 83.5 92.7 98.4 99.6 98.8
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 126 147 174 167 204 175 222 315 250 308
Outcomes Withdrawn 7 3 0 5 5 12 13 6 1 4
Refused 2 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 0
No orders 0 4 0 4 5 3 5 1 0 1
Orders made 104 95 72 91 106 76 229 427 254 402
Welfare reports requested 22 24 43 33 46 40 53 4 22 155

Note: '...' = no data


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