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That this House believes that separated parents should each have a legal presumption of contact with their children, so that both parents can continue to parent their children and children are able to benefit from being parented by both their parents, as well as from contact with any grandparents and...

Primary sponsor

Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)

Type

Early day motions

Date

18 May 2005

Reference

128

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many parents have taken part in the Family Resolutions Pilot Project to date; and how many have accepted mediation services as part of the project.

Asked by

Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 March 2005

Reference

432 c853W; 221881

House

House of Commons

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what the average length of time has been between the issuing of a contact order for parental rights under the Children Act 1989 and the case being listed for a first conciliation/direction appointment in the last 12 months; how many cases...

Asked by

Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 December 2004

For answer on

12 January 2005

Answered on

12 January 2005

Mrs. May: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what the average length of time has been between the issuing of a contact order for parental rights under the Children Act 1989 and the case being listed for a first conciliation/ direction appointment in the last 12 months; [207311] (2) how many cases of disputed contact were dealt with by the family courts in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003; [207463] (3) what guidance he has issued on whether women's refuges constitute adequate accommodation for children when considering awarding of custody in disputed custody cases. [207317] Mr. Lammy: Information on the average length of time between an application for a contact order under the Children Act 1989, and the case being listed for a first conciliation/direction appointment is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. However, work is under way to explore whether and how this information might be gathered in the future. Section 1 (2) of the Children Act 1989 states that "In any proceedings in which any question with respect to the upbringing of a child arises, the court shall have regard to the general principal that any delay in determining the question is likely to prejudice the child". The President of the Family Division has given guidance to family judges to aim for a first hearing dispute resolution appointment within four-six weeks of the application. The number of contact orders made in each year in all tiers of court (magistrates courts, county courts and High Court) were: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number (a) 2001 55,030 (b) 2002 61,356 (c) 2003 67,184 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Information on how many of these cases were disputed is not collected. However, a substantial majority of contact orders are made in county courts and in 2002-03 approximately 30 per cent. of those contact orders were made with consent. No guidance has been issued by my Department to the courts on whether women's refuges constitute adequate accommodation for children when considering awarding of custody in disputed custody cases. Section 1 (3) of the Children Act 1989 lists the issues that must be considered in relation to the child's welfare. This includes "his physical, emotional and educational needs" and "how capable each of his parents, and any other person in relation to whom the court considers the question relevant of meeting his needs".

Date

12 January 2005

Reference

429 c568W;429 c566W; 207311;207463;207317

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, how many contact centres are in operation in England; and how many of these are supervised contact centres. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 November 2004

Reference

426 c753W;426 c757-8W; 192530

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what funding has been available from the Joint Investment Fund for (a) contact centres and (b) supervised contact centres in each of the last three years. - Inc figures.

Asked by

Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

10 November 2004

Reference

426 c753W;426 c757W; 192529

House

House of Commons

Dept for Education and Skills

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, pursuant to his Answer of 25th October, 425 c977W, on contact centres, how much funding was announced in March for establishing supervised contact centres; if he will list the 14 new centres; and what the cost of each is expected...

Asked by

Baroness May of Maidenhead (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Education and Skills

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

26 October 2004

For answer on

1 November 2004

Answered on

1 November 2004

Mrs May: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 25 October 2004, Official Report, column 977W, on contact centres, how much funding was announced in March for establishing supervised contact centres; if he will list the 14 new centres; and what the cost of each is expected to be. [194886] Margaret Hodge: Funding has been made available to establish 14 new supervised contact centres. This funding was announced in March 2004, just before the start of the current financial year. £2.5 million of the total £3.5 million DfES/Sure Start joint investment fund is designated to support the operation of these new services in the period up until March 2006. The 14 supervised centres and the amounts allocated to each are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ York (Family Mediation Service) 190,519 Stoke (Mediation Advisory Service) 174,370 Nottinghamshire (Nottinghamshire Domestic Violence Forum) 148,500 North Wiltshire (Family Mediation Service) 140,508 Merseyside (National Youth Advocacy Service) 196,000 Blackburn (Diocese) 137,785 South London (African Caribbean Family Mediation Service) 254,066 Cambridge (Pyramids Family Centres) 40,000 West London (Domestic Violence Intervention Programme) 201,565 Scunthorpe (The Forge) 68,050 Leeds (Family Service Unit) 157,423 Northamptonshire (Spurgeons) 94,441 NCH Herefordshire 209,263 NCH Bristol 265,209 Total 2,477,699 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

1 November 2004

Reference

194886; 426 c33W

House

House of Commons

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