Latest figures from the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) show 1,066 care applications were received in March 2015, the highest monthly figure recorded in recent years.
The Cafcass figure for March was 16 per cent higher than those for March 2014, and is the tenth consecutive month that the numbers of applications have risen compared to the same month the previous year.
The 2014/15 total of 11,127 care applications is also the highest annual figure in the past eight years, with the previous highest coming in 2012/13 when 11,110 care applications were received.
The rise over the past year followed a sustained period of monthly falls in 2013/14, when 10,620 applications were made, which was attributed to practitioners working more intensively and earlier with struggling families.
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