CAFCASS: Legal Representation

(asked on 20th December 2018) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many children are currently being represented by children and family court advisory and support service guardians in courts in England.


Answered by
Lucy Frazer Portrait
Lucy Frazer
Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
This question was answered on 14th January 2019

In total, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) is acting as a Guardian for 25,440 children (22,007 in public law and 3,433 in private law Rule 6.4 cases).

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