Question follow-through · 128982
Parenting Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Parental Orders were issued in 2025, 2024 and 2023.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 21 Apr 2026
- Target answer date
- 28 Apr 2026
- Answer
- 28 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Parental Orders were issued in 2025, 2024 and 2023.
28 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice publishes regular data on parental orders in our quarterly Family Court statistics bulletin: Family Court Statistics Quarterly - GOV.UK.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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