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CAFCASS Wales (CAFW)

Dataset

Summary

Citation:
CITATION INCOMPLETE

Documentation

Description:
Cafcass (Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service) Wales 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.

Coverage

Spatial:
United Kingdom,Wales
Typical Age Range:
0-18
Follow Up:
OTHER
Pathway:
Family justice cases

Provenance

Origin

Purposes:
ADMINISTRATIVE
Sources:
OTHER
Collection Situations:
OTHER

Temporal

Accrual Periodicity:
IRREGULAR
Start Date:
05 May 2001
End Date:
28 January 2023
Time Lag:
2-4 WEEKS

Accessibility

Access

Access Service:
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.
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.
Jurisdictions:
GB-WLS
Data Controller:
SAIL Databank
Data Processor:
SAIL Databank

Usage

Data Use Limitations:
GENERAL RESEARCH USE
Data Use Requirements:
PROJECT SPECIFIC RESTRICTIONS
Resource Creators:

Format and Standards

Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Conforms To:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
SQL database table

Enrichment and Linkage

Qualified Relations:
Linkable at the person level to any dataset with SAIL anonymised linkage field.

Observations

Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
EVENTS
Cafcass court cases in Wales
3000000
Count
01 September 2021