Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 120678
Child Rearing: Family Proceedings
Tabled: 13 March 2026
Answered: 23 March 2026
Question
Alison Hume
Labour — Scarborough and Whitby
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds information on the number of children who have not been granted contact with their mothers on the basis of reports by unregulated psychological experts in private family law proceedin
Answer
Alex Davies-JonesThe Government does not hold data on the number of cases, or their outcomes, where allegations of “parental alienation” were made or where unregulated psychological experts were instructed in Family Court proceedings. This information is not held centrall...
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