Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service Wales Family Justice dataset (Cafcass Wales (CAFW))
The Cafcass collect and maintain administrative records of all public family law cases in Wales and represents the interests of children and young people in the family court. They use information from administrative data, such as court records and healthcare data, as well as interviews with anyone involved with families around the young people. The Cafcass Wales and England dataset was formed in 2001, and Cafcass Wales became it's own dataset in 2005. Cafcass Wales data are available containing 12,745 public law applications between 2011 and 2019, with 52,023 applications from 2005 to 2019 for private law.
Study design
Registry
Number of participants at first data collection
12,745 (public law applications between 2011 and 2019)
52,023 (private law applications between 2005 and 2019)
Recruitment is ongoing
Age at first data collection
Varied (participants)
Participant year of birth
Varied (participants)
Participant sex
All
Representative sample at baseline?
No
Sample features
Countries
Year of first data collection
2001 (Cafcass Wales and England)
2005 (Cafcass Wales)
Primary Institutions
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Profile paper DOI
Funders
Department for Health and Social Services
Ongoing?
Yes
Data types collected
- Secondary data
- None
- None
- Healthcare data
- Police & judicial system data
- Social care data
Engagement
Keywords
Consortia and dataset groups
