Children left at risk by rise in legal costs - The Independent 20th November 2008

Thursday, November 20, 2008

The number of vulnerable youngsters taken into care has fallen after a 3,000% increase in court charges

Children at risk of abuse are being left unprotected following a sharp fall in the numbers being taken into care, a children’s charity says.

Figures obtained by The Independent from Cafcass, the children’s legal charity, in the wake of the Baby P case, show that more than 600 fewer court applications were made by local authorities to take children into care in the past six months compared with the same period in 2007.

tags: Child Abuse, Jurisprudence, Risk Evaluation, Child Protection, Health, News, UHN, Statisitical Data, The Independent

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