Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the support available to mothers going through custody proceedings.

This Government is committed to ensuring that parents can get the support they need to access the justice system across England and Wales.

Since 2014, the Ministry of Justice has provided over £20 million of grant funding through not-for-profit organisations who provide a range of services to support individuals, including parents involved in private law proceedings.

In July 2022, the Ministry of Justice launched the Help Accessing Legal Support Grant, which will inject a further £3.2 million into the legal support sector by March 2023.