Question follow-through · 2960

Family Courts: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership's report entitled Child Safeguarding Practice Review: Sara Sharif, published on 13 November 2025, whether his Department plans to review the accessibilit

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Ministry of Justice
Tabled
19 May 2026
Target answer date
21 May 2026
Answer
28 May 2026 · 9 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 19 May 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Surrey Safeguarding Children Partnership's report entitled Child Safeguarding Practice Review: Sara Sharif, published on 13 November 2025, whether his Department plans to review the accessibilit

  2. 21 May 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 28 May 2026

    Answer published

    What happened to Sara Sharif was a tragedy. Whilst Sara’s father and stepmother are rightly serving life sentences for their appalling crimes, it is clear that our response must not stop there.We recognise the challenges raised by the Local Child Safeguar...

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