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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:

    2014

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Criminality, Sexual Abuse, Traveller

    Care Order for boy accused of sex abuse and robbery

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Drugs, Homelessness, Neglect, Traveller

    ICO for mother served with eviction notice

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    19

    Categories:

    Homelessness, Mental Health

    Mental health problems lead to Care Orders for two young children

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    24

    Categories:

    Adoption, Drugs, Newborn, UK / United Kingdom

    Interim Care Order for baby whose sister in UK closed adoption

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    2

    Categories:

    Access

    Parents reluctantly consent to long-term Care Order

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    5

    Categories:

    Cognitive Disability, Missing In Care / Absconding / Running Away, Special Care

    Interim Care Order extended for child missing from secure care

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    22

    Categories:

    Abandonment, Africa, Unaccompanied Minor

    Interim Care Orders for abandoned African sisters

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    13

    Categories:

    Additional Issues

    Supervision Order for teenage girl

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    20

    Categories:

    Additional Issues

    Care Order made on consent without evidence

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    3

    Categories:

    Mental Health

    Emergency Care Order refused for child with very complex needs

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.