New public law cases received by Cafcass rose by more than 13 per cent in March

Cafcass received a total of 1,612 new public law applications (involving 2,555 children) in March – 190 applications (13.4 per cent) more than in the same month last year. The number of children featured in the cases rose from 2,295 children in March 2020. For the month-by-month…