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Powers of Attorney Private Members' Bill published

12/12/2022

 
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Number of DoLS applications and orders still rising year on year

26/9/2019

 
The latest Family Courts Statistics Bulletin shows that DoLS related court business is still growing. Between April and June 2019 there were 1,372 applications relating to deprivation of liberty up 18% on the number made in the same quarter last year, while the number of DoLS orders made increased by 17% to 651.

The Bulletin also shows that 8,110 applications were made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA), up 9% on the equivalent quarter in 2018, 44% of which were applications for appointment of a property and affairs deputy. 11,814 orders were made under the MCA, 31% up on the same quarter in 2018. The authors of the Bulletin attribute this rise to a 72% increase in orders by an existing deputy or registered attorney. These account for 36% of all orders made under the MCA.

In total there were 225,289 Powers of Attorney (POA) received in April to June 2019, up 12% on the same quarter for 2018 with LPAs accounting for 99% of them.

The full Bulletin can be read on the MoJ website.

Court of Protection applications up, orders made down: latest Family Court Statistics published

13/12/2018

 
1,126 applications relating to deprivation of liberty were between July and September 2018, up 5% on the number made in the same quarter last year. However, orders made decreased by 7% over the same period, from 569 to 610 respectively.  

Alongside those proceedings, 7,900 applications were made under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA), down 2%, 53% of which related to applications for appointment of a property and affairs deputy. In comparison, there were 9,148 orders made under the MCA, 9% down, 33% of which related to the appointment of a deputy for property and affairs. 

As for LPAs, 201,753 were received, up 4%. The rate of increase is now leveling off after the explosion of applications following the introduction of online applications in 2015. There were 2,480 Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) in July to September 2018, down 11% on the equivalent quarter in 2017. 

The full report and accompanying table can be found here. 

Deprivation of liberty applications in the Court of Protection up 27% on same time last year

28/9/2018

 
There were 1,166 applications relating to deprivation of liberty in April to June 2018, up 27% on the equivalent quarter in 2017 according to the latest Family Court Statistics bulletin published on 27th September.

This rise is in comparison with a 19% drop in the number of deprivation of liberty orders made over the same period.

​Other insights arising from the latest figures are that:
  • there were 7,414 applications made under the MCA, down 3% on the equivalent quarter in 2017 (7,623 applications). 48% of these related to applications for appointment of a property and affairs deputy  
  • in comparison, there were 9,050 orders made under the MCA, down 11% on the same quarter in 2017. 34% of the orders related to the appointment of a deputy for property and affairs 
  • 197,836 LPAs were received up 2%, a slowing of the rapid increase in such applications following the launch of the online application service in 2015
  • 2,423 EPAs were received down 18% 
The full report can be found on the Gov.uk website.
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Orders made under the Mental Capacity Act up 50% in 2017

3/4/2018

 
The latest Family Court statistics bulletin shows that the Court of Protection’s workload shows no signs of diminishing. 

For example, 38,945 orders were made under the MCA last year an increase of nearly 50% on 2016. However, the report authors ascribe some of that increase to a “clearance of outstanding cases during the first quarter of 2017, and volumes have increased generally due to improved recording of orders made by  regional courts."

Over a third (40%) of the orders made related to the appointment of a deputy for property and affairs

The number of LPAs received also rose, with 180,210 received in the last quarter of the year up 18% on the equivalent quarter in 2016. Over the entire year, the increase was 28%, though there has been a drop in the two most recent quarters. 

There were 2,552 Enduring Powers of Attorney (EPAs) in October to December 2017, down 5% on the same quarter in 2016. Annually, there was also a decrease of 7% in 2017 compared to 2016, continuing the long-term downward trend. The table below illustrates this point.

The full report can be found on the GOV.UK website.
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