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Written question asked by Tim Yeo (Conservative) on Thursday, 7 November 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 12 November 2013 (named day). It was answered by Edward Timpson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 November 2013 on behalf of the Department for Education.

CAFCASS

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many cases Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service has dealt with in each of the last 10 years in (a) the UK, (b) East Anglia and (c) South Suffolk constituency.

Answer

The following table sets out the numbers of cases completed and closed by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) in the relevant areas.

National
 East Anglia
 Suffolk
2003/04
 21,187
 994
 201
2004/05
 35,919
 1,928
 383
2005/06
 39,026
 2,111
 527
2006/07
 47,296
 2,880
 768
2007/08
 48,664
 3,785
 603
2008/09
 46,456
 3,658
 691
2009/10
 54,093
 4,141
 709
2010/11
 54,739
 3,993
 624
2011/12
 58,925
 2,583
 459
2012/13
 61,732
 2,132
 420
2013/14 to date
 40,555
 1,392
 251

This information is taken from the CAFCASS national Case Management System. This is a live system and figures are subject to change as updates are made. The data in the table include both public and private law cases.

The data are collated at local area team level. Figures for East Anglia are based on the Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire area teams. Figures for Suffolk are based on the Suffolk area team whose boundaries are broadly comparable to those of the Suffolk constituency area.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
175245; 570 c603W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
CAFCASS
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk