I am informed by the Courts Service that as the Circuit Courts are in session at present, any statistics immediately available on the number of family law cases awaiting hearing are out of date and would no longer reflect the true position in relation to the number of cases currently awaiting hearing before the Circuit Courts. However, in order to provide the Deputy with the most up-to-date information possible, I have arranged for the Courts Service to forward to the Deputy, as soon as possible, statistics on the number of cases awaiting hearing as at the end of the current legal term – end of April.