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Reporting on child care proceedings in the District Court in May 2025.

Falling Through the Cracks: An Analysis of Child Care Proceedings from 2021 to 2024
Latest volume of court reports from 2024
A summary of findings from 10 years of reporting
  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    33

    Categories:

    Unaccompanied Minor

    Interim care order for unaccompanied minor forced to join militia

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    32

    Categories:

    Trafficking, Unaccompanied Minor

    Emergency care order for suspected child victim of trafficking from Ukraine

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    31

    Categories:

    Ethnic Minority, Mental Health Act, Transgender

    Interim care order for transgender teenager

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    30

    Categories:

    Eating Disorder, Mental Health, Mental Health Act, Residential Placement

    Bespoke residential placement directed for a child with serious mental health issues

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    29

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Mental Health

    Third emergency care order granted for young boy who was self-harming

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    28

    Categories:

    Eating Disorder, Mental Health Act

    Detention of girl suffering from anorexia nervosa, father not consenting

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    27

    Categories:

    CAMHS, Mental Health, Mental Health Act

    Teenager detained under Mental Health Act following serious psychotic episode

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    26

    Categories:

    Criminality

    Full care order until 18 for teenager facing sentencing for criminal charges

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    25

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Physical Abuse

    Interim care order for boy whose father cannot deal with behaviour

  • Year:

    2022

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    24

    Categories:

    Alcohol, Drugs, Ethnic Minority, Traveller

    Care orders for three Traveller children amid alcohol and drug concerns

This follows the discontinuation of its reporting in July 2024, as the contract with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) was coming to an end. We are very pleased that we signed a new two-year Agreement with the DCEDY in March and the members of our reporting panel have agreed to resume their work.

Over a twelve-year period, the Project provided information to the public on the operation of the child care system in the courts with the aim of promoting transparency and accountability. It published 1,050 individual court reports and a number of analytical research reports, all of which are available on this website.