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Child Arrangements Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of safeguards in preventing harm to children during court-ordered contact arrangements.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
27 Jun 2025
Target answer date
1 Jul 2025
Answer
4 Jul 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 27 Jun 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of safeguards in preventing harm to children during court-ordered contact arrangements.

  2. 1 Jul 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 4 Jul 2025

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice recognises the importance of safeguarding children during court-ordered contact arrangements.The legislation which governs child arrangements cases makes a child’s welfare paramount and presumes a child’s welfare is furthered by th...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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