Category: Statistics

WALES/ENGLAND – Children’s services expenditure by local authorities planned to fall by £234m

Budgets for looked after children and safeguarding due to rise     The Office for National Statistics has released details of planned expenditure by local authorities on a range of services relating to schools, education, children and young people’s services for the financial year April 2013 – March 2014. The figures in the release include …

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WALES/ENGLAND – Court statistics (quarterly) – April to June 2013

This report presents the latest statistics on type and volume of cases that are received and processed through the court system of England and Wales in the second quarter of 2013 (April to June). This report also provides a narrative on annual trends. These statistics focus on three main categories: civil, family and criminal matters. …

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ENGLAND – Adoptions show ‘record’ increase

Nearly 4,000 children in England were adopted from care in the year to March.   Various policies have been brought in to boost adoption numbers   The latest statistics from the government show an increase of 15% compared with the year before, and ministers say it is a record. The government has a drive to …

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UK – UK residents (under 65) living in married households have declined by 6% in last ten years

Cohabiting couples and lone parents households increase The latest statistical bulletin, published by the Office for National Statistics and derived from the 2011 census, focuses on the structure of households. The bulletin shows that the number of UK residents under the age of 65 living in a one family married couple household has declined by …

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ENGLAND – Cafcass care statistics December 2011

There were 795 care applications in December 2011. Care application demand has remained at a very high level. Between April and December 2011, Cafcass received 7,487 new applications. This figure is 10.5% higher when compared to the same period last year. Applications received between May and December this year have been the highest ever recorded by Cafcass …

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WALES – One-person homes now outnumber family homes in Wales

SINGLE person households are now the most common type of home in Wales. For the first time, the number of people living alone has overtaken the number of couples living together. At the same time, the number of four-person and five-person family households has been falling. Experts said that the trend was due to more …

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