Psychology: Family Courts
(asked on 6th July 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Health and Care Professions Council on reviewing their definition of psychologists to encompass experts used in the family courts.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
This question was answered on 11th July 2023
No discussions with the Health and Care Professions Council have taken place about reviewing their definition of psychologists to encompass experts used in the family courts. The criteria for determining which professionals are able to act as experts in family courts is a matter for the Ministry of Justice and the HM Courts and Tribunals Service.