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Dept for Education and Skills

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Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff were employed in each CAFCASS region on 1 April (i) 2001, (ii) 2002, (iii) 2003 and (iv) 2004. [197136] Margaret Hodge: CAFCASS was established on 1 April 2001. Before 1 April 2003, CAFCASS collected data on the total numbers of staff, but they were not broken down between full-time and part-time staff or between each region and Wales. The total numbers of staff (full-time and part-time) employed at 1 April 2001 and 1 April 2002 were as follows: (i) 1 April 2001 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Employed staff in post 1257 Self-employed practitioners 695 Total staff 1952 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (ii) 1 April 2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Employed staff in post 1699 Self-employed practitioners 340 Total staff 2039 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The number of full-time and part-time staff employed at 1 April 2003 and 1 April 2004, in the regions and Wales, were as follows: (iii) 1 April 2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Region Status Staff number East Midlands Full-time 94 Part-time 42 East Midlands Total 136 Eastern Full-time 72 Part-time 51 Eastern Total 123 Headquarters Full-time 53 Part-time -- Headquarters Total 53 Legal Full-time 14 Part-time 1 Legal Total 15 London Full-time 141 Part-time 58 London Total 199 North East Full-time 97 Part-time 23 North East Total 120 North West Full-time 218 Part-time 77 North West Total 295 South East Full-time 102 Part-time 83 South East Total 185 South West Full-time 105 South West Total Part-time 165 Wales Full-time 108 Part-time 38 Wales Total 146 West Midlands Full-time 139 Part-time 65 West Midlands Total 204 Yorks and Humberside Full-time 163 Part-time 80 Yorks and Humberside Total 243 Total staff 1884 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. (iv) 1 April 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Region Status Staff number East Midlands Full-time 102 Part-time 33 East Midlands Total 135 Eastern Full-time 70 Part-time 45 Eastern Total 115 Headquarters Full-time 61 Part-time 5 Headquarters Total Full-time 66 Legal 23 Legal Total 23 London Full-time 147 Part-time 56 London Total 203 North East Full-time 103 Part-time 32 North East Total 135 North West Full-time 222 Part-time 77 North West Total 299 South East Full-time 104 Part-time 78 South East Total 182 South West Full-time 106 Part-time 52 South West Total 158 Wales Full-time 103 Part-time 35 Wales Total 138 West Midlands Full-time 136 Part-time 68 West Midlands Total 204 Yorks and Humberside Full-time 183 Part-time 77 Yorks and Humberside Total 260 Total staff 1918 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition, there were 441 self-employed CAFCASS practitioners on 1 April 2004. This figure cannot be broken down by region and Wales. Note: The discrepancy between the total figures given here (1884 and 1918) and those quoted in the CAFCASS 2003-04 Annual Report (1879 and 1932) is because CAFCASS subsequently undertook a data cleansing exercise of its management information systems and redefined the criteria used for employed staff. Furthermore, CAFCASS had included Board members and agency staff in its historical data.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

426 c1522-3W;426 c1526-7W; 197136

Session

2003-04

Subjects

CAFCASS Staff Part-time employment

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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