PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Children: Guardianship (8 October 2024)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children for whom no living parent was identified were allocated a legal guardian in each of the last five years.
Asked by:
Ms Stella Creasy (Labour)
Asked by:
Ms Stella Creasy (Labour)
Answer
The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of special guardianship orders, however, information held centrally does not include whether the application was granted due to the child having no living parent. This information may be held on court records, but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate cost.
Answered by:
Alex Davies-Jones (Labour)
14 October 2024
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