Data set from Children in need: A focus on sexual abuse and exploitation

Factors recorded at end of assessment, by FSM eligibility, 2018 to 2024

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Published 11 December 2025

Last updated 11 December 2025

The number and proportion of children who are eligible for free school meals by assessment factor.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need: A focus on sexual abuse and exploitation
• Release: Reporting year 2025
• Number of rows: 357
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number of children eligible for free school meals
  • Percent of children eligible for free school meals
• Filters:
  • Factor identified at assessment
• Time period: 2018 to 2024

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	assessment_factor	n_fsm_eligible	pt_fsm_eligible
2018	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Domestic abuse (any)	46430	48.8
2018	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Domestic abuse: concerns child is victim	16640	49.1
2018	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Domestic abuse: concerns parent is victim	40910	49.4
2018	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Domestic abuse: concerns other person is victim	8640	50.8
2018	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Alcohol misuse (any)	22700	49.4

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables

Variable name	Variable description
assessment_factor	Factor identified at assessment - Filter by assessment factor
n_fsm_eligible	Number of children eligible for free school meals
pt_fsm_eligible	Percent of children eligible for free school meals

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Footnotes

1. Free school meal (FSM) eligibility is taken from both the school census and the alternative provision census. More detailed information on the FSM data published within this release is available in the Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England methodology.
2. Children assessed with being unaccompanied asylum seeking children have been excluded from the breakdown but are included in the underlying totals.

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