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45th Report - Improving family court services for children
Public Accounts Committee
HC 883
Published 12 September 2025
Recommendations
6
Deferred
Publish plan and timeline for wider Pathfinder rollout, assessing funding reallocation within 12 months.
Recommendation
‘Pathfinder’ pilots present an opportunity to improve private law performance, but MoJ has not yet made necessary preparations to roll the pilot out nationally. The MoJ’s ‘Pathfinder’ pilot is now rolled out across six family court areas, with plans for …
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Government Response Summary
The government agrees with the recommendation to publish a plan and timeline for the wider rollout of Pathfinder, but defers its publication until after the conclusion of departmental funding decisions through the Spending Review 2026-2027 and the approval of the business case.
HM Treasury
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