Family Courts: Autism
2026-05-17 · Ministry of Justice · 2436 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) understanding of and (b) consideration given to autism in the family court system.
Answer
The Department has not undertaken a formal assessment of the overall adequacy of understanding or consideration given to autism in the Family Court system. A range of measures, however, are in place to support neurodivergent children and families and prom...