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CAFCASS: Manpower

Answer

These questions relate to operational matters for which CAFCASS is responsible. CAFCASS's chief executive, Anthony Douglas has written to the hon. Member to address the issues raised. A copy of his letter has been placed in the House Libraries.Letter from Anthony Douglas, dated 28 June 2011:"I am writing to you in response to the two Parliamentary Questions that you tabled recently:""PQ62669—Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many people of each (a) grade and (b) responsibility were employed by Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services in 2010.""Cafcass does not employ people on a grade basis; the table below breaks down employees by responsibility as at 31 December 2010."

Grade	Head count 31 December 2010
Business Support such as Office Managers and administrators	313
Cleaners	7
Family Court Advisors	1,110
Bank FCAs and Sessional Workers who work on a case by case basis	170
Heads of Service	32
Senior Managers	22
Service Managers	137
Specialist Staff with specialist skills such as Finance, HR, etc.	139
Family Support Workers	94
Total	2,024

"PQ 62670—Mr Elfyn Llwyd (Dwyfor Meirionnydd): To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many staff (a) joined and (b) left Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Services (CAFCASS) in each CAFCASS region in 2010."

Starters and leavers by region January to December 2010
Region	Starters	Leavers
North	44	109
Central	79	102
South	99	104
National Office	32	34
Total	254	349

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

62670; 530 c882-3W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

CAFCASS Staff

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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