Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 67151

Family Courts: Custody

Tabled: 11 July 2025
Answered: 17 July 2025

Question

Mr Richard Holden

Conservative — Basildon and Billericay

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when her Department plans to publish its review of the presumption of parental contact in family courts; and whether that review will include consideration of disapplying the presumption in cases where domestic a

Answer

Sarah Sackman
The Review into the Presumption of Parental Involvement is now complete. The Review and the Government’s response and next steps will be published shortly.