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Merron, Baroness
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To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many families in the UK in each of the last three years have been granted shared residency orders in cases where parents have divorced or separated and terms governing the custody of children must be decided and approved by the courts;...
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, how many families in the UK in each of the last three years have been granted shared residency orders in cases where parents have divorced or separated and terms governing the custody of children must be decided and approved by the courts;...
Asked by
Baroness Merron
(Labour)
Answered by
Baroness Winterton of Doncaster
(Labour)
Answering body
Lord Chancellor's Department
Type
Written questions
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Answered
Tabled on
21 January 2002
For answer on
28 January 2002
Answered on
28 January 2002
Gillian Merron: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many families in the UK in each of the last
three years have been granted shared residency orders in cases where parents have divorced or separated and terms governing the
custody of children must be decided and approved by the courts; and what proportion of those orders dictate that custody should be
split equally between parents. [29792]
Ms Rosie Winterton: In 2001 there were 22,970 residence orders granted in private law proceedings in the county and High Courts. The
Lord Chancellor's Department statistics do not differentiate between those residence orders made in favour of one or both parents.
The underlying philosophy of the Children Act 1989 is that parents share responsibility for the upbringing of their children, even
after their own relationship has failed.
Subjects
Custody; Divorce; Family law; Separation; Residence orders
Date
28 January 2002
Reference
29792; 379 c89W
House
House of Commons