1. The total number of Court of Protection welfare cases your council was involved in 2025

2. If possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
The total amount spent by your council on Court of Protection welfare proceedings in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases

3. If possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
The total amount spent by your council on Court of Protection welfare proceedings where ‘P’ (the subject of proceedings/protected party) was an adult with learning disabilities and/or autism in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases

4. If possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Of this, the total amount spent on Court of Protection proceedings involving a Deprivation of Liberty s21 MCA application in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases

5. And if possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024.
And of this, the amount spent on Court of Protection proceedings involving a Deprivation of Liberty s21 MCA application where ‘P’ (the subject of proceedings/protected party) is an adult with learning disabilities and/or autism in 2025, including in-house legal costs, legal fees for external lawyers and expert witnesses, and if possible, an estimate of staff time spend on cases

6.And if possible, please also answer this question for the following years: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
I understand that under the FOI Act, I should be entitled to a response within 20 working days (no later than 20th May 2026).

If you do not provide the information requested, you must explain the legal basis for the information being withheld. If you decline part of the request due to information being sensitive, the request being too vague, or reasonable cost being exceeded, you must still provide the part you can fulfill.