Cafcass's 2004/05 annual report shows the organisation fulfilled sevenof its 11 performance targets and managed to make strong progress on afurther three.
The service did not, however, manage to meet or make significantprogress towards meeting its target of allocating 70 per cent of publiccare cases within two days of receiving a request.
The report also reveals that Cafcass's financial situation worsened withthe service spending 3.4m more than its budget for 2004/05. In2003/04 it overspent by 0.5m.
In the annual report Anthony Douglas, the chief executive of Cafcass'says the service is examining ways to reduce costs so it stays withinbudget.
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