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Child Arrangements Orders

Asked by Natalie FleetLabourMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 16 May 2025UIN 52006

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many barring orders have been made by family courts to prevent a parent from applying for child arrangements orders where (a) rape and (b) domestic abuse have been cited as the reason in each of the last five

Answered by Sarah Sackman

Data on the number of barring orders made in the family courts and on the number of applications made to strip people convicted of rape and other serious crime of their parental responsibility are not held.

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