'Huge' rise in newborns subject to care proceedings
Date published: 14 December 2015
There has been a "huge" rise in the number of newborn babies who are subject to care proceedings in England, according to figures compiled for the first time.
Some 2,018 babies were involved in such cases in 2013, compared with 802 in 2008, the University of Lancaster said.
The figures, compiled for the first time using original family court records, showed a total of 13,248 babies were taken into care between 2007 and 2014 at birth or shortly after.
In 2008, of 672,809 live births in England recorded by the Office for National Statistics, 0.1% of babies entered the care system. The proportion had increased to 0.3% in 2013 - out of a total of 664,517 births.
Most babies would have been taken into care at hospital, the report said, and about 10% of those removed at birth will be returned to their mothers at the end of care proceedings.
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