Question follow-through · 126495
Family Courts: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is the Department taking to reduce waiting times in the family courts.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 10 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 14 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 20 Apr 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
10 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps is the Department taking to reduce waiting times in the family courts.
14 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 Apr 2026
Answer published
This Government is committed to improving the performance of the Family Courts, and the Family Justice Board has agreed system-wide priorities and targets for reducing delay across England and Wales. The latest published data shows a reduction in the nati...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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