Question follow-through · 25620
Family Courts: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is between the submission of a C100 application and the first hearing in the family courts in England.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average waiting time is between the submission of a C100 application and the first hearing in the family courts in England.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The average waiting time between the submission of a C100 application and the first hearing in the family courts in England is 53 days during the period January to March 2026.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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