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Care applications received by Cafcass in January remain steady
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In January 2015, Cafcass received a total of
887 applications. In January 2014 Cafcass received a total of
889 applications.
Between
April 2013 and
March 2014 Cafcass received a total of
10,618 applications.
This figure is
4% lower when compared to the same period in the previous financial year, when
11,110 applications were received.
Demand peaked during a few months. For example, new applications received in the month of April and October 2013 were the highest ever recorded by Cafcass in those individual months.
The full figures are available on the Cafcass
website.
