Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 87078

Family Courts: Pilot Schemes

Tabled: 31 October 2025
Answered: 10 November 2025

Question

James Wild

ConservativeNorth West Norfolk

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the the potential benefits of accelerating the expansion of the Pathfinder pilot.

Answer

Alex Davies-Jones
The Pathfinder model is currently operating in six Designated Family Judge areas across England and Wales. Three further court areas - the Black Country and Shropshire, Worcestershire and Herefordshire, and Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire - will start th...

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