Title page
Contents
Glossary of terms, abbreviations and dates 5
Introduction from the Chair 6
Section 1. Performance report 7
Performance summary 7
Statement from the Chief Executive on the performance of Cafcass over the year 9
Section 2. Accountability report 29
Corporate Governance report 29
Accountability and Audit Report 35
Remuneration report 38
Staff report 43
The Certificate and Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General to the Houses of Parliament 47
Section 3. Accounts 2015-16 49
Financial statements 49
Glossary 70
Appendix 74
General contact details 81
Figure 1. Children in new cases; age and gender profile 2015-16 15
Figure 2. Public law care demand 16
Figure 3. Average days to allocate care cases to a Children's Guardian(Key Performance Indicator 2) (KPI) 16
Figure 4. Private law case demand 17
Figure 5. Percentage of private law workload not allocated as a 'snapshot' at each month (KPI 3) 17
Figure 6. Filing times of section 7 reports 18
Diagrams
Diagram 1. Driving up quality 11
Diagram 2. The Cafcass Governance Framework 32