Data set from Children in need

A6 National time series of child protection plans by initial category of abuse

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Published 26 October 2023

Last updated 26 October 2023

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by initial category of abuse

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Child Protection Plans at 31st March
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Multiple
• Time period: 2013 to 2023

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	category	CPP_At31	Neglect_Initial	Physical_abuse_Initial	Sexual_abuse_Initial	Emotional_abuse_Initial	Multiple_Initial
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Initial category of abuse	50780	25050	3630	1890	19000	1210
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Initial category of abuse	50920	24430	3780	1930	19480	1280
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Initial category of abuse	50010	24120	3650	1930	18840	1480
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Initial category of abuse	51510	26010	3820	1970	18380	1330
2019	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Initial category of abuse	52260	25330	4170	2230	18460	2070

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
CPP_At31	Child Protection Plans at 31st March
Emotional_abuse_Initial	Emotional Abuse
Multiple_Initial	Multiple
Neglect_Initial	Neglect
Physical_abuse_Initial	Physical Abuse

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Footnotes

1. 'Multiple' 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 in this measure.
2. Data for the years ending 31 March 2021 and 2022 is not available for Hackney local authority, therefore 2020 data for Hackney has been included in 2021 and 2022 national totals, and regional totals for inner London and London. Refer to the methodology section for more information.

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