Family Courts: Appeals
Commons · Question 99023 · Tabled 10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Rachel Gilmour
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of the right of appeal escalatory route from the Family Court judges to the High Court on judicial oversight accountability.
Answer
Answered by Sarah Sackman, 22 Dec 2025
The Government has no plans to remove any rights of appeal route from family court judges to the High Court, nor has it made an assessment of the potential impact of such a change on judicial oversight and accountability.