Written question asked by Peter Bottomley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 December 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 20 December 2004. It was answered by Baroness Hodge of Barking (Labour) on Monday, 20 December 2004 on behalf of the Department for Education and Skills.

Dept for Education and Skills

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, when CAFCASS first agreed the Family Resolutions project.

Answer: Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when CAFCASS first agreed the Family Resolutions project. [203941] Margaret Hodge: The Family Resolutions Pilot Project is a DfES project. The pilot project was developed by a project steering group, led by a senior DfES official, which also comprises a senior judge, the chief executive of CAFCASS and a senior DCA official. The development of a project was approved by DfES Ministers in December 2003. A design group, whose membership comprised DfES, DCA, CAFCASS, Relate, the Parenting Forum, a district judge and the Solicitors Family Law Association, worked until September 2004 to design the pilot project, reporting to the project steering group. The project is now in operation, for one year, from September 2004, in Brighton, Sunderland and Inner London.

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