Family Courts: Pilot Schemes
Commons · Question 87078 · Tabled 31 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 10 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by James Wild
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
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 10 Nov 2025
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...