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To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the impact on families who are affected by delays at the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the impact on families who are affected by delays at the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.
Asked by
Greg Clark
(Conservative)
Answered by
Maria Eagle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 June 2005
For answer on
9 June 2005
Answered on
13 June 2005
The impact of delay on the welfare of children and their families is a concern for all of the agencies involved in family proceedings and we are concentrating on addressing the causes of delay. It is also a top priority for CAFCASS and, together with the Department for Constitutional Affairs, we are working closely with CAFCASS, the judiciary, local authority social services and others in order to reduce delays in Public Law Children Act 1989 cases (cases that involve social services—mainly care proceedings and adoptions).CAFCASS itself is making progress in this area. For example, for the CAFCASS Key Performance Indicator Target for 98 per cent. of public law work to be allocated within 28 days, 93.5 per cent. was achieved in March 2005, compared with 90.6 per cent. in March 2004.Progress is also being made in Private Law work (mainly disputes between separating parents over contact and residence arrangements for their children). CAFCASS has a Private Law Key Performance Indicator Target, where the number of reports unallocated less than 10 weeks before court filing date for the month should be no more than the target of 4 per cent. of the workload. In March 2005 2.0 per cent. of cases were unallocated, compared with 3.2. per cent. in March 2004. There is an expectation that private law reports are completed within 10 to 12 weeks of the date of request being made to CAFCASS. CAFCASS also have ““managed unallocated”” cases where the court has agreed a filing time later than the standard 10 to 12 weeks. In March 2005 10.8 per cent. of cases were ““managed unallocated””, compared with 15.5 per cent. in March 2004. The CAFCASS waiting list is continuously reviewed and re-prioritised.A change in the role of CAFCASS practitioners will also contribute to reducing court delay in Private Law cases. The Green Paper ““Parental Separation: Children's Needs and Parents' Responsibilities””, published in July 2004, and the subsequent ““Next Steps”” document, published in January 2005, set out a major change of approach for CAFCASS practitioners working with families, by moving their work away from report writing to a more active, problem-solving role in facilitating agreement between parents over contact and residence arrangements in the best interests of their children.
Subjects
CAFCASS
Date
13 June 2005
Reference
435 c189W; 3623
House
House of Commons
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many cases remain to be allocated to a case worker in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS); and what the average length of time is for allocation of new cases to a case worker, broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many cases remain to be allocated to a case worker in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS); and what the average length of time is for allocation of new cases to a case worker, broken...
Asked by
Greg Clark
(Conservative)
Answered by
Maria Eagle
(Labour)
Answering body
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Tabled on
7 June 2005
For answer on
9 June 2005
Answered on
13 June 2005
The total number of CAFCASS unallocated Public Law Children Act 1989 cases (applications for local authority care and supervision orders and applications for adoption) at 31 March 2005 is 316, representing 2.7 per cent. of the caseload. This meets CAFCASS' key performance indicator target that the number of cases unallocated for the month should be no more than the target of 3 per cent. of the workload.A regional break-down of Public Law cases is provided in the following table which shows the number of unallocated cases by region.
In Public Law, CAFCASS' key performance indicator states that at least 98 per cent. of all public allocations each month for all case types should be within 28 days of receipt of request. In 2004/05 CAFCASS allocated 92.7 per cent. of it cases within 28 days.The total number of CAFCASS Private Law reports (as a consequence of applications for parental responsibility, residence and contact, where parents have been unable to reach agreement on these matters) unallocated less than 10 weeks before filing date as at 31 March 2005 is 168, representing 2 per cent. of the total caseload. In addition CAFCASS hold ““managed unallocated”” cases where the court has agreed a filing time later than the standard 10 to12 weeks.CAFCASS does not collect information on the length of time taken to allocate new Private Law cases to case workers by region. CAFCASS' key performance indicator states that the number of private law reports unallocated less than 10 weeks before the court filing date for the month should be no more than 4 per cent. of the total workload.A regional break-down for Private Law work unallocated less than 10 weeks before filing date is provided in the following table.
| CAFCASS—Public Law unallocated cases at 31 March 2005 | |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| East Midlands | 2 |
| Eastern | 15 |
| Greater London | 90 |
| North East | 20 |
| North West | 35 |
| South East | 41 |
| South West | 22 |
| Wales | 2 |
| West Midlands | 35 |
| Yorks and Humberside | 54 |
| Total | 316 |
| CAFCASS—Private Law unallocated cases at 31 March 2005 | |
|---|---|
| Region | Number of unallocated reports less than 10 weeks before court filing date |
| East Midlands | 0 |
| Eastern | 0 |
| Greater London | 3 |
| North East | 15 |
| North West | 21 |
| South East | 12 |
| South West | 77 |
| Wales | 1 |
| West Midlands | 13 |
| Yorks and Humberside | 26 |
| Total | 168 |
Subjects
CAFCASS
Date
13 June 2005
Reference
435 c187-9W; 3622
House
House of Commons