Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing an independent external organisation to review individual complaints about the (a) performance and (b) service provided by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

Cafcass is inspected by the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted), and was last inspected in March 2018. It was rated outstanding. We consider that there is no need to establish an independent external organisation.