Question follow-through · 63377
Children: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with (a) judicial and (b) safeguarding bodies on improvements to child protection in private law family proceedings.
About this written question
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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
27 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions she has had with (a) judicial and (b) safeguarding bodies on improvements to child protection in private law family proceedings.
1 Jul 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jul 2025
Answer published
The Family Justice Board, which is co-chaired by ministers from the Ministry of Justice and the Department for Education and is regularly attended by the President of the Family Division, the Chief Executives of Cafcass and Cafcass Cymru, the Chief Social...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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