Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 67152

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, how often the presumption of contact was disapplied in family court proceedings where (a) allegations and (b) findings of domestic abuse were present in the last 12 months; and whether her Department plans to pub

Answer

Sarah Sackman
Data is not held centrally on how often the presumption of parental involvement is disapplied in family court proceedings under either a) or b). The relevant data could only be obtained by an analysis of individual case files at a disproportionate cost.Do...
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