Question follow-through · 31560
Family Courts: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce backlogs in family courts in (a) Greater Manchester Combined Authority and (b) Rochdale Borough Council.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 13 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 24 Feb 2025
- Answer
- 28 Feb 2025 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to reduce backlogs in family courts in (a) Greater Manchester Combined Authority and (b) Rochdale Borough Council.
24 Feb 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Feb 2025
Answer published
Delays in the court process can have a significant impact on children and families. We are committed to improving timeliness and reducing the outstanding caseload.The Family Justice Board agreed system-wide national targets for reducing delay in 2024/25. ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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