Watford County Court - contact applications

County: Hertfordshire, 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 6.0 3.4 3.6 14.1 2.5 8.3 6.1 0.9 0.0 1.8
England & Wales 9.8 10.0 9.9 9.1 7.7 6.8 4.4 1.8 1.4 1.6
RefusedThis court 0.4 0.4 5.1 0.4 0.9 0.6 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 2.2 2.4 5.7 2.2 0.3 1.7 1.8 0.0 0.0 18.1
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 91.4 93.8 85.6 83.3 96.3 89.5 92.1 99.1 100.0 80.1
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 346 219 233 215 200 238 111 329 341 336
Outcomes Withdrawn 51 26 19 38 8 30 10 4 0 13
Refused 3 3 27 1 3 2 0 0 0 0
No orders 19 18 30 6 1 6 3 0 0 132
Orders made 776 717 452 225 314 324 151 454 528 583
Welfare reports requested 141 218 236 184 181 228 90 108 263 347

Note: '...' = no data


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