Written questions

Child Arrangements Orders: Appeals

Commons · Question 19152 · Tabled 10 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 18 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Neil Shastri-Hurst

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many Child Arrangement Orders determined by a bench of lay magistrates have been appealed; and how many of those appeals were successful.

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 18 Dec 2024

The Ministry of Justice and HMCTS do not collect data on the number or outcome of applications for Child Arrangement Orders heard by magistrates in the family courts.When sitting in the family courts, magistrates are supported by legal advisers who are qu...