The rates released by the Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass), show a 6.2 per cent drop in the number of care applications compared with last year.
Between April and June, Cafcass received 3,269 applications - 217 applications fewer than during the same period in 2018.
Some 1,021 new care applications were received by the family courts in June - 5.1 per cent lower than June 2018.
Figures released in April marked a three-year low, with applications falling nearly five per cent year-on-year.
Cafcass has previously said this is likely to be down to "edge-of-care" support programmes provided by an increasing number of councils, as well as a government focus on understanding the reasons for peaking demand in 2017.
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