Question follow-through · 29532
Custody
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of child custody disputes resulted in custody being awarded to the father in the latest year for which figures are available.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 6 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 12 Feb 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what percentage of child custody disputes resulted in custody being awarded to the father in the latest year for which figures are available.
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Feb 2025
Answer published
His Majesty’s Courts & Tribunals Service does not centrally hold this data, this could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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