Question follow-through · 24858
Divorce: Legal Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Department is taking to protect (a) disabled people and (b) people with serious long-term health conditions from disproportionate legal costs during divorce proceedings.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 28 Aug 2026
- Target answer date
- 2 Sept 2026
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2026 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Aug 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps the Department is taking to protect (a) disabled people and (b) people with serious long-term health conditions from disproportionate legal costs during divorce proceedings.
2 Sept 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Sept 2026
Answer published
The Department has not made a specific assessment of the adequacy of rules in relation to people with serious or deteriorating health conditions. The rules regarding costs in divorce proceedings and financial remedy proceedings on divorce are governed by ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Child Arrangements Orders
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Child Arrangements Orders
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Child Arrangements Orders: Surrey
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for Child Arrangements Order proceedings in (a) Surrey and (b) Surrey Heath constituency.