Bader, Kay F

Dickens, Jonathan

Garside, Ludivine B E

Masson, Judith M

Young, Julie

The study conducted in six local authorities in England and Wale examined the use of the pre-proceedings process and care proceedings in a random sample of 204 cases starting in 2009-10 and tracked them to 2016. A second sample of 203 care proceedings cases brought in 2014-15 was also tracked. Data extracted from court and legal files, was linked to administrative data and Cafcass records for quantitative analysis of the use of pre-proceedings and care proceedings, court outcomes and children’s subsequent care. Using this information, the study compared court orders for children in care / not in care during proceedings and examined their long-term outcomes. It also tracked 29 cases that were diverted from proceedings in 2009-10; over 20% of these cases had no care proceedings by March 2016

Reforming care proceedings 4: Outcomes of pre-proceedings and care proceedings

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