Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 97039

Family Proceedings: Legal Representation

Tabled: 3 December 2025
Answered: 10 December 2025

Question

Rupert Lowe

Restore Britain — Great Yarmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of delays in the family courts caused by litigants in person on (a) one and (b) both sides of a case.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones
The Government does not record the number of litigants who were unable to present their case properly due to lack of representation. The Ministry of Justice publish official statistics includes legal representation data in the following: Family_Court_Tabl...
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