Jimmy
Cafcass National Office
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London
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Your ref: CAF 15-95
Our ref: Gov/CAF 15-95
12 June 2015
Dear Sir
Re: Freedom of Information Request
Thank you for your emails of 18 May 2015. You made the following requests for information:
1) Please give all versions of this document. Preferably in date order with the most
recent last.
http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/elibrary/content/internet/327/3827114436.pdf This was a draft document which was never implemented as Cafcass policy; there
are therefore no other versions of this document. For current policy, please see
our
Operating Framework.
2) Once an entry is made on a case log, can that be edited at all and at any point,
AFTER the original entry was made? If so, can it be seen that it's been edited?
And can the original entry be seen as well?
Please see information on entries within the electronic case record (and on the
contact log within this) in the Caf
cass Case Recording Policy, in particular page
12:
If amending previous contact log entries, the reason for amendment is to be
recorded. The modified date will be visible on ECMS and who modified the log,
however the previous version will no longer be available.
3)
a. Please give a list of all parenting programmes that Cafcass work with. I
would also like the dates in which Cafcass started working with each
programme provider.
Baroness Tyler of Enfield Chair
Anthony Douglas CBE Chief Executive
Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental body of the Ministry of Justice
Cafcass National Office, 3rd Floor, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3HF | DX Cafcass 310101 Bloomsbury 11
Cafcass works with one parenting programme: Separated Parents
Information Programme
(SPIP). This programme is delivered by the
providers listed in the
Dispute Resolution Services Directory which can be
seen on our website.
The contracts for these providers began in April 2013.
b. Also, please state and evidence, how exactly a family court advisor would
go about finding the appropriate local one? Do you have a database or
similar?
The
Dispute Resolution Services Directory is used; each court has a
single designated SPIP provider offering a service for that and other local
courts. In London there is a single referral unit.
c. And if a family court advisor was to sit down at their computer, how long
would it reasonably take for them to find the appropriate local one?
Perhaps a full explanation and evidence to document as to what they
would have to do to find it on your computer systems may be better?
The
Dispute Resolution Services Directory is available to use on both the
website and the internal Cafcass intranet.
4) What right do family court advisors have to ask a party to read the other party's
position statement? What right do family court advisors have to even read a
position statement? And especially where no court order says they should read
them?
Whilst there is no right for a Family Court Advisor (FCA) to see the position
statements of the parties if the FCA is attending court to be cross examined or
give evidence or is required to respond to points made in position statements then
it is usual practice for parties to provide position statements to the FCA. If this is
refused the court may order that they be disclosed to the FCA.
We hope that you feel your question has been answered effectively. 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):
Post
Fax
Information Commissioner's Office
01625 524 510
Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Tel
Baroness Tyler of Enfield Chair
Anthony Douglas CBE Chief Executive
Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental body of the Ministry of Justice
Cafcass National Office, 3rd Floor, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3HF | DX Cafcass 310101 Bloomsbury 11
Wilmslow,
0303 123 1113
Cheshire
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Yours sincerely,
Governance Team
Cafcass
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Baroness Tyler of Enfield Chair
Anthony Douglas CBE Chief Executive
Cafcass, the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, is a non-departmental body of the Ministry of Justice
Cafcass National Office, 3rd Floor, 21 Bloomsbury Street, London, WC1B 3HF | DX Cafcass 310101 Bloomsbury 11