Alison Hume MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the national rollout of the new child-focused family court model adequately identifies and responds to cases of parental alienation.
Answer: The Government does not recognise the concept of “parental alienation” and does not believe it is a syndrome capable of diagnosis. We are working with the Family Procedure Rule Committee to limit the instruction of unregulated experts, including unregulat...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: Family CourtsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120679More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure specialist domestic abuse training across the family courts.
Answer: This Government is committed to delivering long-term reform of the Family Courts to better support and protect both adults and children, including those who are victims of domestic abuse or serious violence.All court staff within HM Courts and Tribunals S...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Rearing: Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120678More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds information on the number of children who have not been granted contact with their mothers on the basis of reports by unregulated psychological experts in private family law proceedin
Answer: The Government does not hold data on the number of cases, or their outcomes, where allegations of “parental alienation” were made or where unregulated psychological experts were instructed in Family Court proceedings. This information is not held centrall...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordChild Rearing: Family ProceedingsMinistry of JusticeTabled 13 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120677More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children his Department estimates have been separated from their mothers in private proceedings on the basis of parental alienation allegations.
Answer: The Government does not hold data on the number of cases, or their outcomes, where allegations of “parental alienation” were made or where unregulated psychological experts were instructed in Family Court proceedings. This information is not held centrall...
Answered 23 Mar 2026
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