Data set from Children in need

A5 National time series of child protection plans by initial category of abuse and gender, age and ethnicity, England 2018 to 2021

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Published 28 October 2021

Last updated 28 October 2021

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 2021
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Child Protection Plans at 31st March
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Multiple
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
  • Characteristic type
• Time period: 2018 to 2021

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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
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Total	50010	24120	3650	1930	18840	1480
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Female	23490	10890	1540	1120	9270	680
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Male	25010	12220	1970	780	9280	770
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Gender	Unknown or Indeterminate gender	80	50	10	c	20	c
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Age	Unborn	1430	960	140	30	270	30

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

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