Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether a Minister in her Department leads on policy on supporting children through parental separation.

Ministers work closely across government to support children, including those going through parental separation.

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is responsible for private family law, which includes marriage and divorce. The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the MoJ responsible for this is Lord Bellamy KC.

In my role as the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Children, Families and Wellbeing at the department, I work closely with Lord Bellamy KC at the MoJ, including through the national Family Justice Board, which we jointly chair.