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Written question asked by Valerie Vaz (Labour) on Wednesday, 14 March 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 March 2018 (named day). It was answered by Lucy Frazer (Conservative) on Monday, 19 March 2018 on behalf of the Ministry of Justice.


CAFCASS: Complaints

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many complaints have been made against the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service in the most recent period for which figures are available.

Answer

785 complaints were made against the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) in the period from 1 April 2017 to 31 December 2017.

The figure for the year 2016/17 was 988. This represents three complaints for every 1000 cases.

Figures for previous years can be found in Cafcass Annual Reports which can be accessed on the Cafcass website: www.cafcass.gov.uk/about-cafcass/reports-and-strategies/annual-reports/


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
132641
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Complaints CAFCASS
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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