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date	17/01/2023
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	CAFCASS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what safeguarding guidance the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service follows when it assists victims of domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Gary Streeter
uin	125228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2023 answer text <p>Cafcass’ domestic abuse practice guidance consists of a practice pathway and a guidance document that provides social work practitioners with a structured approach to risk assessment of domestic abuse in the family court. This was updated in May 2021 alongside a programme of training in its use for all practice staff. The materials can be accessed here: <a href="https://www.cafcass.gov.uk/grown-ups/professionals/ciaf/resources-for-assessing-domestic-abuse/" target="_blank">Resources for assessing domestic abuse - Cafcass - Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service</a>.</p><p>The practice pathway guidance provides practitioners with a range of assessment tools to use when domestic abuse is part of a family’s circumstances. The aim of this guidance is to ensure that the safety and wellbeing of the child at the centre of proceedings; to promote the best interests of the child and offer a safe recommendation to the court; to work in a trauma focused, respectful and responsive manner; to assess the impact on the child of their lived experience of domestic abuse and to look for strengths in the family and community to promote safety.</p> answering member constituency Finchley and Golders Green answering member printed Mike Freer question first answered 24/01/2023 10:20:13 answering member 4004 label Biography information for Mike Freer
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

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registered interest
date	18/10/2022
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	CAFCASS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the (a) adequacy of funding for and (b) effectiveness in the disbursement of that funding for contact centres as a result of the withdrawal of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services from the disbursement process.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	65979
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important services provided by child contact centres.</p><p>Until April this year, the Ministry of Justice provided small value grants, via Cafcass, to support the running of child contact centres. The Ministry of Justice is in the final stages of agreeing the funding arrangements for this year’s grants and information will be made publicly available once this process is complete.</p> answering member constituency Dartford answering member printed Gareth Johnson question first answered 24/10/2022 11:55:01 answering member 3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris