questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to Recommendation 6 of the report by the Domestic Abuse Commissioner entitled The Family Court and domestic abuse: achieving cultural change, published in July 2023, if he will make funding available for specialist domestic abuse training for (a) members of the judiciary, (b) magistrates, (c) justices’ legal advisers, (d) Cafcass officials and (e) local authority social workers.
answerText: The Government received the Domestic Abuse Commissioner’s report “The Family Court and domestic abuse: achieving cultural change” on 18 July. We are considering the recommendations made and will publish a full response to the report shortly.With regard to...
heading: Administration of Justice: Domestic Abuse