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Debate between Robert Neill and Matthew Offord
Tuesday 4th February 2014
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Robert Neill (Bromley and Chislehurst) (Con)
2. What assessment he has made of the potential role of mediation in reducing the number of court cases.
Dr Matthew Offord (Hendon) (Con)
9. What assessment he has made of the potential role of mediation in reducing the number of court cases.
The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Simon Hughes)
The Government have put in place an extensive awareness strategy, and we believe that the more people can attend mediation, the more significant the impact will be on reducing the number of applications made to court. We have increased the legal aid budget for family mediation. There are data about the amount of mediation that takes place, but we cannot tell specifically who has attended mediation rather than gone to court.