Domestic Abuse: Family Proceedings
Commons · Question 127598 · Tabled 15 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 23 Apr 2026
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of private-law children cases in the last five years involved Cafcass recommending a temporary pause or restriction on a father’s contact with his child following an allegation of domestic abuse b
Answer
Answered by Alex Davies-Jones, 23 Apr 2026
Cafcass does not record structured data in its case management system to enable the identification of the proportion of private-law children's cases in which a recommendation was made to pause or restrict a father’s contact following an allegation of dome...