Figures released today by the Children and Family Court Advisory Service (Cafcass) show that 886 care applications were made last month (March).
This brings the total annual figure for April 2011 to March 2012 to 10,199, a 10.8 per cent increase on the figure for 2010/11 of 9,202.
It is the first time the annual figure has exceeded 10,000 while applications received between May 2011 and February 2012 were the highest ever recorded for the individual months.
January 2012 saw the highest ever number of care applications recorded in an individual month, with 912 applications.
Anthony Douglas, Cafcass chief executive, said the high figures for the year have tested the resilience of staff and systems at Cafcass.
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