Child Arrangements Orders: Judges
Commons · Question 19154 · 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, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing specialist family judges to determine all child arrangement orders.
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...