Question follow-through · 127200
Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will publish the full list of case types, behavioural indicators, or presenting circumstances in which Cafcass or the family courts are instructed to prioritise domestic-abuse consideration
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 14 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 22 Apr 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department will publish the full list of case types, behavioural indicators, or presenting circumstances in which Cafcass or the family courts are instructed to prioritise domestic-abuse consideration
16 Apr 2026
Target answer date
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22 Apr 2026
Answer published
Practice Direction 12J (PD12J) sets out what the court should do in any case in which domestic abuse is alleged or admitted or there is other reason to believe that a child or party has experienced abuse perpetrated by another party or that there is a ris...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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