Care applications fall but Cafcass urges investment in system
Care applications made to Cafcass have decreased both month on month and year on year, according to monthly statistics.
In September 2017, Cafcass received a total of 1,109 care applications, representing a 10% decrease compared with the 12,235 applications received in September 2016.
The figures show a similar decrease from both July and August 2017 when there were 1,239 [...]
Care applications rise in May & June 2017
There has been a huge rise in the number of care applications between May and June this year, figures have shown.
There were 1319 care applications made in June – a rise of 130 from 1189 in May this year and up from 1283 in June last year.
“In June 2017, Cafcass received a total of 1,319 care [...]
Decline in number of care applications
There has been a significant fall in the number of care applications made in April compared with the previous month, figures have shown.
There were 1,029 care applications made in April 2017 after a record number of applications made in one month was recorded in March when 1,288 applications were made, said Cafcass.
The figures were [...]
Family court statistics show 26.9 week average for care application cases
The average time for the disposal of a care or supervision application has fallen from over 55 weeks in 2011 to 26.9 weeks in 2016, government statistics have revealed.
The average time for a care or supervision application saw a long-term downward trend seen from over 55 weeks in 2011 to 30 weeks in 2014. The [...]
Care applications fall in December
The number of care applications made in December fell year on year for the first time in more than two years, Cafcass figures have shown.
Cafcass received a total of 1,068 care applications in December 2016, which was a three per cent decrease compared with those received in December 2015. The last time year-on-year monthly figures fell was May [...]
Rise in care applications could affect case duration, warns Lord Chief Justice
The surge in care applications will have a detrimental effect on case duration should the trend continue, the Lord Chief Justice has warned.
In his annual report, The Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, said that the average case duration for public law cases now stands at 27 weeks and has remained steady for the last 12 months.
The [...]
