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Child Arrangements Orders: Offences against Children

Asked by Sarah ChampionLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 3 April 2025UIN 42456

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many private law cases where child sexual abuse was alleged to have been perpetrated by a parent was that parent granted residence in (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24.

Answered by Alex Davies-Jones

The requested information is not recorded centrally. The relevant data could only be obtained by an analysis of individual case files at disproportionate cost.

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