Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what was the total number of (a) hours and (b) days worked by Cafcass workers assigned to private-law Children Act cases in each of the last five years.

The information requested by could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Cafcass’s Annual Report and Accounts provide relevant contextual information about the number, cost and workload of social workers employed by Cafcass and are available at: Annual Reports & Accounts | Cafcass. The majority of Cafcass social workers practise across both public and private law.