Question follow-through · 98944
Family Courts: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle family court backlogs in London.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 15 Dec 2025
- Answer
- 18 Dec 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to tackle family court backlogs in London.
15 Dec 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Dec 2025
Answer published
This Government remains committed to reducing the outstanding caseload within the Family Court and is working closely with system partners to drive forward a cross-cutting programme of work to achieve this. At a national level the Family Justice Board has...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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