Question follow-through · 130140

Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the absence of routinely collected, disaggregated data on ethnicity, religion, and immigration or settlement status in private family law cases i

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
28 Apr 2026
Target answer date
30 Apr 2026
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  1. 28 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the absence of routinely collected, disaggregated data on ethnicity, religion, and immigration or settlement status in private family law cases i

  2. 30 Apr 2026

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