The information requested is provided in the data tables below and is taken from HMCTS administrative data systems. We have not been able to provide figures for 2011 as this data was not recorded centrally before 2014. Count of the Private and Public Law Open Caseload as at the 31st March 2016 broken down to include cases without a representative DESIGNATED FAMILY JUDGE AREA Public Law Open Caseload Private Law Open Caseload Unrepresented1 Represented Total Unrepresented1 Represented Total Birmingham 65 186 251 730 317 1047 Blackburn/Lancaster 36 258 294 379 228 607 Bournemouth and Dorset 19 113 132 204 94 298 Brighton 44 141 185 454 183 637 Bristol (A, NS and G) 35 193 228 338 205 543 Carlisle 16 73 89 126 53 179 Central London 120 325 445 1600 622 2222 Cleveland and South Durham 36 166 202 215 152 367 Coventry 17 124 141 279 154 433 Derby 19 100 119 172 126 298 Devon 39 167 206 285 180 465 East London 95 285 380 1000 447 1447 Essex and Suffolk 64 198 262 554 306 860 Guildford 31 58 89 204 117 321 Humberside 34 122 156 285 115 400 Leicester 28 123 151 230 145 375 Lincoln 8 67 75 142 97 239 Liverpool 106 364 470 708 363 1071 Luton 14 81 95 256 99 355 Manchester 139 320 459 777 398 1175 Medway and Canterbury 52 184 236 312 100 412 Milton Keynes 24 176 200 328 170 498 North Wales 15 85 100 122 144 266 North Yorkshire 12 42 54 141 93 234 Northampton 37 121 158 208 83 291 Northumbria and North Durham 82 380 462 485 296 781 Norwich 23 90 113 203 90 293 Nottingham 25 119 144 294 207 501 Peterborough and Cambridge 18 106 124 170 86 256 Portsmouth (Hampshire and IOW) 31 150 181 499 248 747 Reading 28 116 144 299 176 475 South East Wales 33 209 242 392 272 664 South Yorkshire 48 235 283 429 230 659 Stoke on Trent 25 111 136 274 177 451 Swansea 33 109 142 152 196 348 Swindon 9 53 62 248 118 366 Taunton 12 92 104 103 51 154 Truro 5 46 51 116 80 196 Watford 33 109 142 260 142 402 West London 73 270 343 717 371 1088 West Yorkshire 43 304 347 572 349 921 Wolverhampton 58 208 266 352 198 550 Worcester 15 68 83 158 110 268 (blank) 37 161 198 135 105 240 Grand Total 1736 7008 8744 15907 8493 24400 Count of the Private and Public Law Open Caseload as at the 31st March 2019 broken down to include cases without a representative DESIGNATED FAMILY JUDGE AREA Public Law Open Caseload Private Law Open Caseload Unrepresented1 Represented Total Unrepresented1 Represented Total Birmingham 64 180 244 973 412 1385 Blackburn/Lancaster 91 337 428 747 313 1060 Bournemouth and Dorset 10 83 93 254 141 395 Brighton 26 177 203 506 235 741 Bristol (A, NS and G) 54 225 279 666 339 1005 Carlisle 23 89 112 163 93 256 Central London 134 320 454 1467 685 2152 Cleveland and South Durham 65 240 305 305 182 487 Coventry 42 180 222 365 213 578 Derby 40 245 285 267 197 464 Devon 45 172 217 481 337 818 East London 132 343 475 1658 803 2461 Essex and Suffolk 82 220 302 1000 428 1428 Guildford 44 95 139 396 185 581 Humberside 53 146 199 409 127 536 Leicester 44 128 172 450 232 682 Lincoln 16 98 114 280 156 436 Liverpool 161 414 575 1068 489 1557 Luton 24 55 79 272 115 387 Manchester 185 462 647 1284 562 1846 Medway and Canterbury 52 167 219 536 251 787 Milton Keynes 39 200 239 475 212 687 North Wales 30 108 138 180 141 321 North Yorkshire 11 39 50 264 157 421 Northampton 22 123 145 264 99 363 Northumbria and North Durham 175 438 613 1004 569 1573 Norwich 51 139 190 324 167 491 Nottingham 28 160 188 464 244 708 Peterborough and Cambridge 22 126 148 296 167 463 Portsmouth (Hampshire and IOW) 41 206 247 744 331 1075 Reading 23 145 168 488 244 732 South East Wales 57 243 300 670 432 1102 South Yorkshire 45 336 381 587 341 928 Stoke on Trent 48 193 241 402 221 623 Swansea 22 140 162 298 322 620 Swindon 10 82 92 241 110 351 Taunton 6 63 69 164 110 274 Truro 9 56 65 166 113 279 Watford 14 84 98 424 183 607 West London 64 344 408 1200 563 1763 West Yorkshire 127 347 474 981 561 1542 Wolverhampton 60 333 393 556 349 905 Worcester 23 57 80 200 163 363 (blank) 12 58 70 28 21 49 Grand Total 2326 8396 10722 23967 12315 36282 Count of the Private and Public Law Open Caseload as at the 31st March 2016 broken down by representative 1,2 Public Law3 Open Caseload Private Law Open Caseload DESIGNATED FAMILY JUDGE AREA Both Applicant and Respondent were represented Applicant only represented Respondent only represented Neither Applicant nor Respondent Represented Both Applicant and Respondent were represented Applicant only represented Respondent only represented Neither Applicant nor Respondent Represented Birmingham 188 58 1 9 203 321 124 435 Blackburn/Lancaster 264 37 0 0 151 185 78 196 Bournemouth and Dorset 114 17 0 2 53 86 41 118 Brighton 141 41 0 3 90 171 93 283 Bristol (A, NS and G) 194 38 1 0 116 141 90 201 Carlisle 75 13 0 3 33 52 20 75 Central London 302 93 6 6 224 375 150 606 Cleveland and South Durham 167 35 0 2 107 98 45 117 Coventry 130 21 0 3 106 116 53 171 Derby 101 18 0 1 76 77 51 96 Devon 169 39 0 1 103 127 79 158 East London 290 96 0 2 267 379 183 630 Essex and Suffolk 209 66 0 0 150 221 158 337 Guildford 60 31 0 0 70 67 47 138 Humberside 124 32 0 2 64 103 53 182 Leicester 128 27 0 1 87 88 63 146 Lincoln 67 8 0 0 57 73 40 70 Liverpool 371 101 1 5 210 263 158 448 Luton 81 13 1 1 47 100 52 158 Manchester 326 136 1 4 249 321 154 466 Medway and Canterbury 193 51 1 2 59 93 46 220 Milton Keynes 97 16 0 2 48 63 40 96 North Wales 87 14 0 1 85 54 60 70 North Yorkshire 42 11 0 1 64 56 29 85 Northampton 121 37 0 0 38 57 48 155 Northumbria and North Durham 392 77 0 5 191 220 113 270 Norwich 92 23 0 0 52 89 38 116 Nottingham 129 23 0 2 108 135 102 159 Peterborough and Cambridge 109 19 0 0 57 69 30 101 Portsmouth (Hampshire and IOW) 154 30 0 1 140 200 110 301 Reading 201 34 0 2 160 211 109 263 Royal Courts of Justice 25 21 2 1 214 460 36 164 South East Wales 211 31 1 2 165 172 110 227 South Yorkshire 236 47 0 1 134 168 97 264 Stoke on Trent 123 28 1 2 101 122 81 161 Swansea 111 33 1 0 133 87 64 65 Swindon 54 10 0 0 66 103 54 145 Taunton 92 10 0 2 28 43 23 60 Truro 47 5 0 0 50 46 30 71 Watford 110 33 0 0 76 90 66 170 West London 277 74 0 2 208 296 167 424 West Yorkshire 308 39 0 5 215 296 135 276 Wolverhampton 213 58 0 0 139 186 67 174 Worcester 71 15 0 1 68 74 44 86 (blank) 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Grand Total 6996 1659 17 77 5062 6757 3431 9154 Count of the Private and Public Law Open Caseload as at the 31st March 2019 broken down by representative 1,2 Public Law3 Open Caseload Private Law Open Caseload DESIGNATED FAMILY JUDGE AREA Both Applicant and Respondent were represented Applicant only represented Respondent only represented Neither Applicant nor Respondent Represented Both Applicant and Respondent were represented Applicant only represented Respondent only represented Neither Applicant nor Respondent Represented Birmingham 181 60 0 4 252 368 162 607 Blackburn/Lancaster 338 91 0 0 162 271 152 477 Bournemouth and Dorset 83 10 0 0 78 89 63 165 Brighton 177 26 0 0 134 167 101 339 Bristol (A, NS and G) 225 56 0 0 169 236 170 430 Carlisle 89 22 1 1 61 49 32 114 Central London 309 116 0 8 270 406 245 543 Cleveland and South Durham 240 59 0 6 107 127 75 178 Coventry 180 40 0 2 115 127 98 239 Derby 246 40 0 0 117 110 81 157 Devon 172 44 0 1 170 192 167 289 East London 346 128 0 5 432 594 371 1068 Essex and Suffolk 223 79 2 4 212 340 218 664 Guildford 96 43 0 1 106 105 79 291 Humberside 144 46 2 7 48 122 79 287 Leicester 132 39 0 5 127 177 105 275 Lincoln 98 16 0 0 84 126 72 155 Liverpool 418 156 0 5 244 379 245 689 Luton 55 22 0 2 60 91 55 181 Manchester 466 180 0 6 301 457 261 828 Medway and Canterbury 170 51 1 1 132 166 119 370 Milton Keynes 109 29 0 1 53 73 43 223 North Wales 107 29 2 1 91 87 50 93 North Yorkshire 39 9 0 2 86 114 71 150 Northampton 123 22 0 0 48 71 52 193 Northumbria and North Durham 440 168 1 7 288 377 282 627 Norwich 141 51 0 0 85 122 82 203 Nottingham 165 28 0 0 133 164 112 300 Peterborough and Cambridge 127 22 1 1 93 103 75 193 Portsmouth (Hampshire and IOW) 207 41 0 0 164 237 168 507 Reading 237 33 0 1 192 232 176 441 Royal Courts of Justice 14 11 0 0 143 390 27 130 South East Wales 243 51 0 6 245 257 188 416 South Yorkshire 337 45 0 0 181 198 160 390 Stoke on Trent 194 49 1 0 132 159 89 244 Swansea 141 18 0 4 225 154 98 144 Swindon 83 9 0 1 56 81 54 160 Taunton 63 6 0 0 57 48 53 116 Truro 56 9 0 0 60 53 53 114 Watford 85 14 0 0 99 121 84 303 West London 346 63 0 1 298 458 265 744 West Yorkshire 347 123 2 5 309 442 252 539 Wolverhampton 337 57 1 3 207 240 143 319 Worcester 58 22 0 2 104 96 59 105 Grand Total 8387 2233 14 93 6730 8976 5586 15000 This is Management Information; the data is taken from a live management information system and can change over time and may differ from previously published data. Self-representation is determined by the field 'legal representation' in Familyman being left blank. Therefore, this is only a proxy measure and parties without a recorded representative are not necessarily self-representing litigants in person. 2. A party is considered 'applicant-represented' if at least one applicant has a recorded representative, and likewise for respondents. 3. The majority of Public law applicants are public bodies with access to their own legal resources - however, this legal representation is often not recorded. To address this, we introduced a methodology which assumes that all public body applicants have legal representation. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system.