Who pays Cafcass - Nation of Secrecy

F Mason (Account suspended) made this Freedom of Information request to Department for Communities and Local Government

Department for Communities and Local Government did not have the information requested.

From: F Mason (Account suspended)

4 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB7ABAZ0QT0

Please watch the above and answer all the outstanding questions
contained within, this is required under the FOI Act.

Yours faithfully,

F Mason

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Ms Chadwick (Account suspended) left an annotation ( 4 October 2009)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i17dWD9npg

value for money NO corruption YES

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From: F Mason (Account suspended)

5 October 2009

Dear Sir or Madam,

It is probably wise to supply a transcribed version as a preventive
measure for the Public.

Between April 2008 and March 2009, CAFCASS had 6,465 cases on its
books.
That’s nearly 18 new cases a day or one new case every thirty
minutes of the working day.

Source: CAFCASS

Over the last four fiscal years, CAFCASS has dealt with 26,104
separate cases.
At a conservatively estimated cost of proceedings in Family Court
of £400,000 per case, that means CAFCASS has been instrumental in
spending £10.4 billion of public funds, minimum, over four years.

Source: CAFCASS

That’s £2.6 billion a year, not counting rollover cases. Or to put
it another way;
Between 21 municipal areas which CAFCASS is divided into, £124.3
million per area per year.

Source:CAFCASS

Where does this money come from?
Who pays CAFCASS?

Funding is received in part from Central Government.
This does not answer the burning question; Where does the rest of
the money come from?

We’re talking about litigation funding from Central Government
straight to CAFCASS that is equal to fully one tenth of the
Interest accrued on the Central Government (i.e. National) Debt
through 2008/09.

Where does this money come from?

We haven’t even started talking about;

Salaries for CAFCASS, Social Services or their ancillary staff yet.

Who controls the money?
Who do CAFCASS answer to?
Who accounts for the actions of CAFCASS?
Who legislates for CAFCASS?
Who represents CAFCASS in Parliament?
Who do you complain to when CAFCASS goes bad?
To who do we turn to put right that which CAFCASS gets wrong so
often?

Local Government? Central Government? Corporate Interests? Civil
Liberties groups? Or each other?

Kind regards,

F Mason

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From: David Nicholson
Department for Communities and Local Government

28 October 2009


Attachment 091013 IR Leaflet revised text reformatted in Word with CLG logo and EH address.doc
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Dear Mr Mason,

I attach the Department's formal response to your request of 5th October,
together with the leaflet referred to in that letter.

<<091013 - IR Leaflet revised text - reformatted in Word with CLG logo and
EH address.doc>> <<091028 - L - response to Mason - final.doc>>

Yours sincerely,

David Nicholson
FITS System Administrator and IT Focal Point
FOI Advice Team
KMD
Communities and Local Government
Zone 2/A3, Eland House
Bressenden Place
London SW1E 5DU
Tel: 0303 44 42513

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