Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what restrictions are placed on fathers who visit their children in contact centres.

Contact centres are intended to be enabling and supportive environments for fathers and mothers, which have children as their focus. Beyond the limitations of opening times, their volunteer nature and the facilities available, there are no intrinsic limits on what a contact centre can offer. Courts may place limits on the type of contact through court orders in which case the contact centre will encourage compliance with the order.

The National Association of Child Contact Centres (NACCC) operates separate Standards for supervised and supported contact and these are published on their website at http://www.naccc.org.uk/standards.