Annual care applications fall for first year in many
The number of care applications made to the courts has dipped for the first year in many, official statistics have revealed.
While the annual number of care applications made to the courts decreased by 2.7% in 2017-18 compared to 2016-17, the ADCS warned that there is no way of knowing if this trend will continue.
Alison Michalska, [...]
Care applications rise in February 2018
Official statistics reveal that care applications rise both month-on-month and year-on-year.
In February 2018, there were 1201 care applications, up from 1168 in January 2018 and up 4.3% from February 2017 when there were 1152 care applications made.
There have now been 12,966 care applications made in the financial year April 2017-March 2018. Last year there were [...]
Care applications rise in January
The number of care applications made in January has increased following a seasonal dip in December.
Cafcass revealed that 1,168 care applications were made in January, up from 1,008 in December. The figures also represent a 3 per cent rise from January 2017 when 1,135 care applications were made.
The 1,168 figure for January 2018 is the [...]
Care applications fall in December for the third year running
Care applications fell for the third December in a row, official data shows.
There were 1008 care applications made to Cafcass in December 2017. In December 2016 there were 1094 and in December 2015 there were 1103.
The figures were not as low as in 2014 when 932 care applications were made.
The statistics also show a [...]
Major sector-led care review launched
A major sector-led review into soaring care applications and increasing levels of children entering care has been launched.
Children’s services directors, children’s lawyers, academics and leading figures within children’s services are uniting to address the rising number of care applications in a seven month long review.
“We are facing a crisis and, truth be told, we have [...]
Care applications rise in October
The number of care applications has risen in October, official statistics reveal.
There were 1,198 care applications made in October, according to Cafcass, up from 1,101 in September.
The figures are also a 4% rise from the October 2016 figure of 1,155 care applications.
There were a record 14,597 care applications made between April 2016 and March [...]
