Data set from Children in need

A5 National time series of child protection plans by initial category of abuse and gender, age and ethnicity

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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 by gender, age and ethnicity.

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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
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • Characteristic type
• Time period: 2018 to 2023

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	characteristic	characteristic_type	CPP_At31	Neglect_Initial	Physical_Abuse_Initial	Sexual_Abuse_Initial	Emotional_Abuse_Initial	Multiple_Initial
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Total	50780	25050	3630	1890	19000	1210
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Female	23840	11400	1550	1070	9280	540
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Male	25540	12710	1970	790	9430	650
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Unknown or Indeterminate gender	90	50	c	c	40	0
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Age	Unborn	1310	900	120	20	260	20

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 8 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic
characteristic_type	Characteristic type
CPP_At31	Child Protection Plans at 31st March
Emotional_Abuse_Initial	Emotional Abuse
Multiple_Initial	Multiple

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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. White comprises white British, white Irish, traveller of Irish heritage, Gypsy/Roma and any other white background.
3. Mixed comprises white and black Caribbean, white and black African, white and Asian and any other mixed background.
4. Asian or Asian British comprises Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese and any other Asian background.
5. Black or black British comprises Caribbean, African and any other black background.
6. 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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