Cafcass received 4,489 new care applications between April 2012 and August 2012, 8.5% higher than the same period last financial year. There were 966 care applications in England in August 2012.
The Department for Education has published an updated version of the statutory guidance on supervision, which came into force on 10 September 2012 along with the new definition of regulated activity. Leaflets explaining the changes to
Community Care report on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, which contains two new entry points to looked after child status: that any