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  • National including breakdowns

    Number of serious incident notifications for each reporting year, by: - nature of notification; - whether child was looked after (2024 only); - gender; - age; - ethnicity; - disability; - placement type; - whether child had a protection plan; - whether child was known to any agency; - reporting year quarter.
    Status
    This is the latest data
    Theme
    Children's social care
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Serious incident notifications
    Release
    Reporting year 2024
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Number of serious incident notifications
    Filters
    • Nature of serious incident notification
    • Breakdown
    • Reporting year quarter
    Time period
    2019 to 2024
    File

  • Regional and local authority totals

    Number of serious incident notifications for each reporting year, by local authority and region. PLEASE NOTE: Neither high nor low numbers of serious incident notifications alone should be interpreted as a performance measure of the local authority or its workforce. When interpreting data on serious incident notifications, local authority contextual information is an important consideration. Local authorities with larger populations tend to be more likely to report more serious incident notifications than those with smaller populations. Those with higher levels of deprivation also tend to be more likely to report higher rates of serious incident notifications than those with lower levels of deprivation. In addition, whilst reporting has improved in recent years, the Department is aware that, in some instances, not all incidents that meet the definition for a serious incident are notified. Data relating to population size, the number of children in need and deprivation have been included to provide further contextual information to the data on serious incident notifications.
    Status
    This is the latest data
    Theme
    Children's social care
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Serious incident notifications
    Release
    Reporting year 2024
    Geographic levels
    Local authority, National, Regional
    Indicators
    • Number of serious incident notifications
    • Number of children in need at 31 March
    • IDACI average score in 2019
    Time period
    2019 to 2024
    File

  • Commentary - Figure 1

    Total number of serious incident notifications for each reporting year. Figures on serious incident notifications between 2015 and 2018 are based on  Ofsted published data (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/serious-incident-notifications-from-local-authority-childrens-services-2017-to-2018/serious-incident-notifications-from-local-authority-childrens-services-2017-to-2018-main-findings) and for 2019 onwards are based on Department for Education data.
    Status
    This is the latest data
    Theme
    Children's social care
    Published
    Last updated
    Publication
    Serious incident notifications
    Release
    Reporting year 2024
    Geographic levels
    National
    Indicators
    • Number of serious incident notifications
    Time period
    2015 to 2024
    File
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