Written questions

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...