10,000 children taken into care: Numbers have doubled in the past four years
- Cafcass dealt with 10,199 cases between April 2011 and March 2012
- It is the first time the body has dealt with more than 10,000 cases in a year
- Family Rights Group warns care system is 'struggling to cope'
The number of children taken into care has hit a record 10,000 in one year.
Since the 2007 killing of Baby P, there has been a huge surge in the number of youngsters being removed from their families by social workers.
The children’s court advisory service dealt with 10,199 cases between April 2011 and March 2012 – a near-doubling of the numbers in just four years.
Tragic case: Since the 2007 killing of Baby P, the number of youngsters being removed from their families by social workers has surged to record-breaking levels - reaching 10,199 in the past year alone
It is the first time the body has received more than 10,000 referrals in a single year.
The trend has raised fears that rising numbers of vulnerable children are being taken away from their families unnecessarily and consigned to languish in a care system that too often fails them.
Government statistics have shown children who spend years in care are more likely to leave school with barely any qualifications and fall into crime, drug abuse and prostitution.
Family Rights Group, a charity which offers advice about social services, warned the care system was ‘struggling to cope’ with the rising numbers.
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