Matthew Davis
[FOI #30152 email]
6th Floor
Sanctuary Buildings
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Your ref: CAF322
Tel: 0844 353 3317
Our ref: JJ/CAF322
Fax 0844 353 3398
Date:
19th March 2010
Dear Mr. Davis
Re: Freedom of Information Request
Thank you for your request received on 4th March 2010:
1. Please could you state if you hold records on the classification of reasons why an
Emergency Protection Order might be made? Please could you provide me with a
comprehensive list of all these reasons?
2. In relation to Contact Orders - section 8 Children Act 1989 –could you provide me with
any documents you hold into the way that you classify the ways/types of contact that
can be allowed.
Your reference number is CAF 322.
Please see below:
1. Please could you state if you hold records on the classification of reasons why an
Emergency Protection Order might be made? Please could you provide me with a
comprehensive list of all these reasons?
Cafcass does not hold this information and I am unaware if such classification are held by
any other organisation. Section 44 of the Children Act 1999 may provide you with further
information on Emergency Protection Orders.
2. In relation to Contact Orders - section 8 Children Act 1989 –could you provide me with
any documents you hold into the way that you classify the ways/types of contact that
can be allowed.
Cafcass does not hold this information. You may obtain Judicial statistics from the Ministry of
Justice Website, which can be found at:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/
If you have any further queries, please do contact me.
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
Baroness Valerie Howarth of Breckland OBE 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)
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) 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 of Breckland OBE 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)