Dear Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service,
Under the freedom of information act could you tell me

If a person is accused of domestic violence in a family court but has no relevant convictions at all what courses would CAFCASS reccomend to a court?

Yours faithfully,

B Smith

Dear Governance - Cafcass,

In response to your first answer could you be a bit more specific and state the whole range of courses that are made on professional judgement by the cafcass officer officer. So for example "Their are 20 courses available which are......." Then list all courses and criteria that the parent needs to meet to attend each course, i.e convictions. Or "their are an infinite number of courses so it is impossible for us to list them all"

With regards to my question

"Under the freedom of information act could you tell me Where a CAFCASS
officer has recommended "Further work" with a child. How long after making the
recommendation would this "Work" begin to take place"

I completely refuse to accept that cafcass do not have a set time frame as to when "Further work" should take place. In effect you are saying that if "further work" is reccomended for a 3 year old it could take upto 13 years for the work to take place (where they reach an age when cafcass are no longer involved). Could you please confirm if cafcass would carry out said "Work" within the 13 years. If the answer is yes could you give an estimate as to how long until the "further work" starts. No date was ordered by the court, when the barrister asked if she (the cafcass officer) had begun this work yet the cafcass officer giggled and said they were understaffed.

as you have refused to tell me what lix pienaars qualifications are can you tell me the minimum qualifications required to be a cafcass officer under the freedom of information act

Yours sincerely,

B Smith

Dear Governance - Cafcass,

I see no mention of the IDAP course could you please tell me who this course is suitable for on cafcass's reccomendation.

Yours sincerely,

B Smith