§ Mr. KidneyTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many resident parents have disobeyed court orders for contact by non-resident parents with children; and what penalties were imposed for disobedience in the latest year for which statistics are available. [111918]
§ Jane KennedyWe do not have information about how many residents have disobeyed court orders for contact by non-resident parents with children, or what penalties were42W imposed for disobeying orders. Failure to comply with a contact order can ultimately render a person liable to being fined or imprisoned for contempt. However, before imposing such a penalty the court would give careful consideration to the consequences for the child of imprisoning or fining the parent with care of that child.