Question follow-through · 19566
Family Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data the Department collects on the average duration of private law child arrangement proceedings; and what steps he is taking to help reduce those times.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 16 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 2 Sept 2026 · 48 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
16 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data the Department collects on the average duration of private law child arrangement proceedings; and what steps he is taking to help reduce those times.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
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2 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Department publishes statistics on the timeliness of private family law cases, which include child arrangement proceedings, in the Family Court Statistics Quarterly publication. These can be found at the following link: Family Court Statistics Quarter...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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