Data set from Children in need

A5 Child protection plans initial category of abuse by gender, age and ethnicity

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by initial category of abuse by gender, age and ethnicity.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2020
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Child Protection Plans at 31st March
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Multiple
• Filters:
  • Characteristic Type
• Time period: 2018 to 2020

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	category	characteristic	characteristic_type	CPP_At31	Neglect_Initial	Physical_Abuse_Initial	Sexual_Abuse_Initial	Emotional_Abuse_Initial	Multiple_Initial
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Initial category of abuse	Gender	Total	51510	26010	3820	1970	18380	1330
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Initial category of abuse	Gender	Female	24480	12080	1670	1170	8950	610
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Initial category of abuse	Gender	Male	25740	13050	2050	770	9170	690
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Initial category of abuse	Gender	Unknown/Indeterminate gender	70	40	10	c	20	c
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Initial category of abuse	Unborn	Unborn	1220	850	90	20	240	20

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 7 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic_type	Characteristic Type
CPP_At31	Child Protection Plans at 31st March
Emotional_Abuse_Initial	Emotional Abuse
Multiple_Initial	Multiple
Neglect_Initial	Neglect

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Footnotes

1. Black or black British comprises Caribbean, African or any other black background.
2. The initial category of abuse is that assessed when the child protection plan commenced.
3. A child becomes the subject of a child protection plan if they are assessed as being at risk of harm, at an initial child protection conference.
4. White comprises white British, white Irish, traveller of Irish heritage, any other white background and Gypsy/Roma.
5. The 'Multiple' category refers to instances where there is more than one main category of abuse. Children included in this category are not included in any other category of abuse, therefore a child is counted only once overall.
6. Mixed comprises white and black Caribbean, white and black African, white and Asian, any other mixed background.
7. Other ethnic groups comprises Chinese and any other ethnic group.
8. Asian or Asian British comprises Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, and any other Asian background.

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