Corporal Punishment: Children

(asked on 11th June 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many times the defence of reasonable chastisement has been raised in English courts since 2015; and whether it has led to any acquittals.


Answered by
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede Portrait
Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede
Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
This question was answered on 24th June 2025

The information requested is not held centrally.

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