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Liz R [mailto:request-18560-
[email address]] 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cafcass 
6th Floor Sanctuary Buildings 
 
Great Smith Street 
Your ref:CAF263 
London 
SW1P 3BT 
Our ref: JJ/CAF263 
 
Date: 16th October 2009 
 
Tel:        0844 353 3317 
 
Fax        0844 353 3398 
Dear Ms R 
 
Re: Freedom of Information Request  
 
Thank you for your recent request, which was received by Cafcass on 28th September 2009 
and passed onto myself, requesting the following: 
 
How much has Cafcass (1) and Coram (2) both combined and separately, cost the taxpayer, 
in total, from January 1st 2001 to Sept 25th 2009. 
 
The amount of money Cafcass have been provided by the Government can be found in the 
Cafcass Annual Reports and Accounts for 2005- to date. 
http://www.cafcass.gov.uk/publications/reports_and_strategies.aspx
I have provided the figures for you below. 
 
Year     £000. 
 
01/02  - 81,033 
02/03  - 88,608 
03/04  - 98,602 
04/05  - 107,209 
05/06 – 98,613 
 
06/07 – 107,872 
07/08 – 113,123 
08/09 – 129,522 
 
For costs for Coram you will need to approach them directly or visit the Coram website for 
further information: http://www.coram.org.uk/about/
 
If you are unhappy with the decisions made in relation to your request, you may ask for an 
internal review to be undertaken.  If you are dissatisfied with the way the internal review is 
handled or with the final decision made at that review about the information released, you are 
free to contact the Information Commissioner’s office (www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk) 
 
 
 
Baroness Valerie Howarth Chair 
Anthony Douglas CBE Chief Executive 
 
Cafcass, The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) 
 
 
Post    
 
 
 
 
 
 
           Fax 
Information Commissioner's Office 
 
 
 
01625 524 510 
Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire 
SK9 5AF 
 
Yours sincerely, 
 
 
Miss Jasvinder Jassal 
Information Assurance & Data Handling Officer 
[email address]
 
 
Baroness Valerie Howarth Chair 
Anthony Douglas CBE Chief Executive 
 
Cafcass, The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) 

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