Data set from Children in need

C4 Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Section 47 enquiries and initial child protection conferences in the year ending 31 March.

Data set details

Theme: Children's social care
Publication: Children in need
Release: Reporting year 2020
Release type
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 2020

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_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
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England			Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences	201000	167.2	177840	147.9	77470	64.4	76340	63.5	9630	50530	7160	10130	12	14	15
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East	Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences	12800	240.6	11400	214.3	5730	107.7	5640	106	420	4340	540	430	13	14	15
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West	Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences	27720	177.3	24430	156.3	11010	70.4	10890	69.7	1230	6810	1270	1690	12	14	16
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and the Humber	Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences	24940	213.2	21790	186.3	9520	81.3	9410	80.4	1210	6350	830	1140	12	14	15
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands	Section 47s and Initial Child Protection Conferences	17490	174.5	15340	153	7520	75	7410	73.9	980	4970	590	970	12	14	15

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)

If concerns regarding a child’s welfare are substantiated as result of a section 47 enquiry and the child is judged to be at continuing risk of harm then an initial child protection conference (ICPC) should be convened within 15 working days.
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.
Rates per 10,000 of the population of children aged under 18 years are calculated using Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid-year population estimates for children aged 0 to 17 years in England.
If a local authority identifies there is reasonable cause to suspect the child is suffering, or is likely to suffer significant harm, it will carry out an assessment under section 47 of the Children Act 1989 to determine if it needs to take steps to safeguard and promote the welfare of the child.

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