Hague Convention On the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
(asked on 5th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are waiting for the return of their child to the UK from another country under the 1980 Hague Convention.
The number of current open cases where the return application under the 1980 Hague Convention was made through, and recorded by, the Central Authorities of England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is set out in the table.
| Open applications for return under the 1980 Hague Convention | ||
6 February 2020 | England and Wales | Scotland | Northern Ireland |
| 222 | 26 | 2 |
Figures are not available for cases where the application was made direct to the Central Authority or the court in the country where the child was taken or retained. There is no obligation on parents to inform the Central Authorities when the child is returned, so the figures may include cases which have been resolved by a return without notification to the relevant UK Central Authority.