To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department if he will make a statement on the Civil Justice Council. [31326]
The Lord Chancellor has appointed the members of the Civil Justice Council. They are:
- Chairman: Lord Woolf, Master of the Rolls
- Vice-Chairman: Sir Richard Scott, Vice-Chancellor
- Vicki Chapman
- Stephen Cragg
- Carlos Dabezies
- Professor Robert Dingwall
- District Judge Godfrey Evans
- David Gladwell
- Hilary Heilbron QC
- Lord Justice Henry
- Henry Hodge OBE
- Ashley Holmes
- Peter Jacob
- Vicky Ling
- Michael Napier
- Professor Martin Partington
- Judge Sessions
- District Judge Monty Trent
- Owen Tudor
- Tim Wallis
| Average per court | Default and fixed date summons | Warrants | Company winding-up petitions | Bankrupt petitions: creditors | Bankrupt petitions: debtors | High Court work | Divorce petitions filed | Mortgage possession actions entered | Trials heard | Arbitrations heard |
| 1987 | 8,927 | 4,712 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 515 | 654 | 298 | 87 | 172 |
| 1988 | 8,521 | 4,920 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 542 | 651 | 272 | 83 | 212 |
| 1989 | 9,639 | 4,937 | 10 | 27 | 7 | 681 | 650 | 336 | 91 | 205 |
| 1990 | 9,445 | 5,433 | 16 | 32 | 15 | 925 | 693 | 532 | 91 | 192 |
| 1991 | 9,177 | 5,985 | 23 | 49 | 35 | 915 | 651 | 679 | 94 | 225 |
| 1992 | 8,320 | 5,902 | 27 | 61 | 57 | 687 | 689 | 517 | 97 | 292 |
| 1993 | 6,626 | 4,805 | 26 | 59 | 52 | 574 | 673 | 424 | 92 | 386 |
| 1994 | 5,643 | 4,097 | 30 | 52 | 46 | 463 | 662 | 332 | 91 | 271 |
| 1995 | 5,436 | 3,981 | 28 | 42 | 37 | 481 | 672 | 325 | 95 | 340 |
| 1996 | 5,210 | 3,298 | 28 | 37 | 40 | 455 | 704 | 316 | 78 | 372 |
| 1997 | 5,148 | 3,126 | 28 | 37 | 38 | 419 | 677 | 278 | 64 | 406 |
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department what volume of work was undertaken in (a) Shrewsbury and (b) Telford County Courts in each year between 1980 and 1989. [30181]
The information for 1987 to 1989 is as follows. Figures prior to 1987 are only available as a total for England and Wales.
| 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| Shrewsbury | |||
| Default and fixed date summons | 3,282 | 3,246 | 3,999 |
| Warrants | 1,918 | 1,687 | 1,691 |
| Company winding-up petitions | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Bankrupt petitions—creditors | 41 | 36 | 55 |
| Bankrupt petitions—debtors | 21 | 9 | 14 |
| High Court work | 707 | 559 | 619 |
| Divorce petitions filed | 1,441 | 1,524 | 785 |
| Mortgage possession actions entered | 101 | 126 | 140 |
| Trials heard | 26 | 74 | 26 |
| Arbitrations heard | 88 | 93 | 128 |
- Ashton West
- Marlene Winfield.
In accordance with the Civil Procedure Act 1977, the Lord Chancellor has chosen members with a wide range of experience in the civil justice field, including members of the judiciary and the legal professions, civil servants concerned with the administration of the courts, persons with experience in and knowledge of consumer affairs and the lay advice sector, and persons able to represent the interests of particular kinds of litigants. The Council will meet for the first time in March.