Written questions

Child Arrangements Orders

Commons · Question 99561 · Tabled 12 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 19 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by James Wild

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has recently assessed the potential merits of reviewing the weighting given to a child's views in child arrangement orders in cases where there is an unresolved disagreement between parents

Answer

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 19 Dec 2025

The Government does not have any plans to undertake a formal assessment of the efficacy of child arrangement orders. However, we have recently published a review of the courts’ application of the presumption of parental involvement that explored the impac...