Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 17 March 2015.
Shailesh Vara
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Justice
11:30,
17 March 2015
From July to September 2014, there were 3,097 applications for legal aid in relation to private law proceedings under the Children Act 1989. Due to the way in which data are collected, that figure includes applications where there was evidence of child abuse and applications that were made by men. I will write to the right hon. Lady to provide a breakdown of applications by gender.
violence occurring within the family