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Family Proceedings: Legal Representation

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Family Court system, particularly in cases where one parent is legally represented and the other is not.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
3 Dec 2025
Target answer date
8 Dec 2025
Answer
10 Dec 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Family Court system, particularly in cases where one parent is legally represented and the other is not.

  2. 8 Dec 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Dec 2025

    Answer published

    The Government does not record the number of litigants who were unable to present their case properly due to lack of representation. The Ministry of Justice publish official statistics includes legal representation data in the following: Family_Court_Tabl...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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