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Cafcass England (CAFE)

Population Size

1,104,569

People

Years

2007 - 2024

Associated BioSamples

None/not available

Geographic coverage

United Kingdom

England

Lead time

2-6 months

Summary

Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) England Family Justice dataset.

Documentation

Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) England Family Justice dataset.

The Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (Cafcass) looks after the interests of children involved in family proceedings. It is independent of the courts and social services, but works under the rules of the Family Court and legislation to work with children and their families, and then advise the courts on what is considered to be in the best interests of individual children.

Useful information about the Family Courts can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/family-court-statistics-quarterly-april-to-june-2023/guide-to-family-court-statistics

Dataset type
Health and disease
Dataset sub-type
Not applicable
Dataset population size
1104569

Keywords

CAFE, SAIL, core-res, Children & Young People, Crime & Justice, Inequality & Social Inclusion

Observations

Observed Node
Disambiguating Description
Measured Value
Measured Property
Observation Date

Persons

Cafcass court cases in England

1104569

Count

26 Sep 2021

Provenance

Purpose of dataset collection
Administrative
Source of data extraction
Other
Collection source setting
Other
Patient pathway description
Family justice cases
Image contrast
Not stated
Biological sample availability
None/not available

Structural Metadata

Details

Publishing frequency
Irregular
Version
14.0.0
Modified

08/10/2024

Citation Requirements

Coverage

Start date

03/04/2007

End date

11/11/2024

Time lag
2-4 weeks
Geographic coverage
United Kingdom, England
Maximum age range
18
Follow-up
Other

Accessibility

Language
en
Controlled vocabulary
LOCAL
Format
SQL database table

Data Access Request

Dataset pipeline status
Not available
Time to dataset access
2-6 months
Access request cost
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes, analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case technological requirements.
Access method category
TRE/SDE
Access service description
The SAIL Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP). Following approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data within the secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Jurisdiction
GB-ENG
Data use limitation
General research use
Data use requirements
Project-specific restrictions,Time limit on use,User-specific restriction
Data Controller
SAIL Databank
Data Processor
SAIL Databank

Dataset Types: Health and disease


Collection Sources: Other