Written questions

Surrogacy: Parental Orders

Commons · Question 29401 · Tabled 14 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Awaiting answer, due 12 Oct 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many parental order applications in each of the last 10 years involved payments to a surrogate which exceeded what the court considered to be reasonable expenses, and in how many such cases the additional pay