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Written question asked by John Leech (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 3 March 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 5 March 2009. It was answered by Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Labour) on Wednesday, 18 March 2009 on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families.

Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many cases have been transferred between Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service offices in each of the last five years;
Answer

Transfer of cases between Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) offices are recorded on the Case Management System, which was rolled out to all CAFCASS offices on 1 April 2007. No transfer data are available prior to this date.The following table shows the national transfer of cases between CAFCASS offices over the last two financial years.

Financial year Case transfers
2007-08 4,878
2008-09 to date 4,950
Total 9,828

CAFCASS does not collect information on time taken to make access arrangements arising from transferring cases between CAFCASS offices.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
489 c1241W;489 c1243W; 261590
Session
2008-09
Subjects
CAFCASS
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk