Question follow-through · 82358
Domestic Abuse: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to amend the presumption of parental involvement when a parent has been convicted of abuse or violent crimes.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 15 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 20 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 23 Oct 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
15 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to amend the presumption of parental involvement when a parent has been convicted of abuse or violent crimes.
20 Oct 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Oct 2025
Answer published
The Government has announced that it will repeal the presumption of parental involvement from the Children Act 1989 when Parliamentary time allows.We are committed to ensuring that the child’s welfare remains at the heart of the courts’ decision-making, a...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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