Data set from Children in need

C4 Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences by local authority

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Published 26 October 2023

Last updated 26 October 2023

 Section 47 enquiries and initial child protection conferences.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Duration between start of Section 47 enquiry and ICPC (0-10 working days)
  • Duration between start of Section 47 enquiry and ICPC (11-15 working days)
  • Duration between start of Section 47 enquiry and ICPC (16-20 working days)
• 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	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	category	Section47	Section47_rate	Section47_child	Section47_child_rate	ICPC	ICPC_rate	ICPC_child	ICPC_child_rate	Duration_0-10_days	Duration_11-15_days	Duration_16-20_days	Duration_21+_days	Duration_25th_Percentile	Duration_median	Duration_75th_Percentile
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences	225400	191.6	194150	165.1	74380	63.2	73270	62.3	6850	51480	7100	8920	13	14	15
2023	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences	14140	269.4	12320	234.6	5320	101.3	5240	99.8	270	4060	590	410	13	14	15
2023	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences	32780	209.9	27420	175.6	10740	68.7	10560	67.6	980	7660	970	1140	12	14	15
2023	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences	24150	210.6	20670	180.3	8290	72.3	8200	71.5	590	5480	970	1240	13	14	16
2023	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences	17430	176	14790	149.4	6300	63.6	6200	62.6	500	4440	530	830	13	14	15

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 15 variables

Variable name	Variable description
Duration_0-10_days	Duration between start of Section 47 enquiry and ICPC (0-10 working days)
Duration_11-15_days	Duration between start of Section 47 enquiry and ICPC (11-15 working days)
Duration_16-20_days	Duration between start of Section 47 enquiry and ICPC (16-20 working days)
Duration_21+_days	Duration between start of Section 47 enquiry and ICPC (21+ working days)
Duration_25th_Percentile	Duration between start of Section 47 enquiry and ICPC (25th percentile working days)

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Footnotes

1. Rates per 10,000 children are calculated based on ONS mid-year population estimates for children aged 0 to 17 years.
2. The duration between start of a section 47 enquiry and initial child protection conference is calculated as the time in working days between the start of section 47 and the date of the initial child protection conference. For cases transferred in from another local authority, the duration is calculated as time in working days between the referral date and the date of the initial child protection conference.
3. 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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