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Number and percentage of serious incident notifications for each financial year. The data is broken down by the following:
- age group;
- gender;
- ethnicity;
- disability;
- notification nature;
- placement type;
- whether the child is known to any agencies or has a Child Protection Plan (CPP);
- financial year quarter.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Serious incident notifications
- Release
- Financial year 2021-22
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of serious incident notifications
- Percentage of total notifications for that nature
- Filters
- Category
- Financial year quarter
- Nature of notification
- Time period
- 2018-19 to 2021-22
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | quarter | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | characteristic | category | nature_of_notification | number | percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 202122 | Financial year | Total | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Total | 442 | 100 |
| 202122 | Financial year | Total | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Child Death | 191 | 43.2 |
| 202122 | Financial year | Total | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Serious Harm | 227 | 51.4 |
| 202122 | Financial year | Total | National | E92000001 | England | Total | Total | Other | 24 | 5.4 |
| 202122 | Financial year | Total | National | E92000001 | England | Gender | Male | Total | 257 | 58.1 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| category | Category |
| nature_of_notification | Nature of notification |
| number | Number of serious incident notifications |
| percentage | Percentage of total notifications for that nature |
| quarter | Financial year quarter |
Footnotes
- The majority of incidents in the other category relate to notifications with child perpetrators.
- "Residential children's home" includes a small number of incidents that occurred in residential schools.
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