Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 99561
Child Arrangements Orders
Tabled: 12 December 2025
Answered: 19 December 2025
Question
James Wild
Conservative — North West Norfolk
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has recently assessed the potential merits of reviewing the weighting given to a child's views in child arrangement orders in cases where there is an unresolved disagreement between parents
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe Government does not have any plans to undertake a formal assessment of the efficacy of child arrangement orders. However, we have recently published a review of the courts’ application of the presumption of parental involvement that explored the impac...
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