Figures published by Cafcass show that in August 2018, Cafcass received a total of 1,179 new care applications. This figure is 5.1 per cent lower than August 2017.
So far in the first five months of 2018/19, the organisation has received 5,881 applications - 2.9 per cent down on the same period in 2017/18.
The figure is 5.7 per cent down in 2016/17, when there were 6,235 applications over the same period, and a record 14,599 over the entire 12-month period.
The figures show that the fewest care applications for the first quarter of 2018/19, the four months from April to June, came in Richmond, where three applications relating to four children were made, and Kensington & Chelsea where four applications were made for four children to be taken into care.
This was followed by Wokingham (three applications relating to five children), Westminster (six applications relating to six children), and Camden (six applications relating to seven children).
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