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Cafcass Plus was first piloted by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) in Coventry and Warwickshire between 2011 and 2013, to address concerns about the increase in care applications for children at risk of harm; the number rose from 5.9 applications per 10,000 children in England in 2008/09, to 9.8 in 2012/13, then 11 in 2015/16. The pilot aimed to test whether introducing a Cafcass family court adviser (FCA) into the pre-proceedings process could help divert more cases from care proceedings, and speed up the process for those who did end up in court. Cafcass Plus has since been adopted by six English authorities: Lincolnshire, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, Derbyshire, Cambridgeshire and Birmingham.
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