child_protection_plans

child_protection_plans_per_10000_children

children_in_need

children_in_need_per_10000_children

completed_assessments

referrals

Reporting year 2023

 Headline figures, 2013 to 2022

Factors identified at the end of assessments in the year to 31 March 2022

Number of children in need at 31 March by age, 2018 to 2022

Number of children in need at 31 March by ethnicity, 2018 to 2022

Number of children in need at 31 March by gender, 2018 to 2022

Number of children in need at 31 March by primary need at assessment, 2018 to 2022

Number of children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by initial category of abuse, 2018 to 2022

Number of episodes of need ending in the year to 31 March by duration of episode, 2018 to 2022

Number of episodes of need starting and ending in the year to 31 March, 2013 to 2022

Number of referrals by source in the year to 31 March, 2020 to 2022

Percentage of referrals requiring no further action or subsequently assessed as not in need in the year to 31 March, 2013 to 2022

Section 47 enquiries and initial child protection conferences in the year to 31 March, 2013 to 2022

Children in need, episodes of need, and referrals and assessments completed by children's social care services.

A1 National time series of children in need, referrals and assessments

Section 47 enquiries, initial child protection conferences and child protection plans.

A2 National time series of section 47s, initial child protection conferences and child protection plans

Children in need by gender, age and primary need.

A3 National times series of children in need by gender, age and primary need

Children in need by gender, age and ethnicity.

A4 National time series of children in need by ethnicity and age and gender

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by initial category of abuse by gender, age and ethnicity.

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

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by initial category of abuse

A6 National time series of child protection plans by initial category of abuse

A7 National time series of children in need by gender, age and ethnicity

Children in need episodes at any point during the year, episodes starting and ending in the year and children in need at 31 March.

B1 Children in need and episodes of need by local authority

B2 Children in need at 31 March by recorded disability and local authority

Children in need by primary need at assessment.

B3 Children in need at 31 March by primary need and local authority

Children in need by duration of episode of need.

B4 Children in need by duration of episode and local authority

Episodes of need ending during the year by duration of episode of need.

B5 Duration of episodes of need ending during year to 31 March by local authority

Episodes of need ending during the year by reason for case closure.

B6 Episodes of need ending by reason for closure and local authority

Children in need plans starting and ending during the year, at any point during the year and at 31 March.

B7 Child in need plans by local authority

Referrals to children's social care services, referrals within 12 months of a previous referral, referrals which resulted in no further action and referrals which were assessed and resulted in no further action.

C1 Referrals and re-referrals to children's social care services by local authority

Assessments completed by children's social care services by duration of assessment.

C2 Completed assessments by duration of assessment and local authority

Factors identified at the end of assessment.

C3 Factors identified at the end of assessment by local authority

&nbsp;Section 47 enquiries and initial child protection conferences.

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

Referrals to children's social care services by source of referral.

C5 Referrals to children's social care services by source of referral and local authority

Referrals to children's social care services by month of the year.

C6 Referrals to children's social care services by month and local authority

Child protection plans starting and ending during the year, at any point during the year and at 31 March.

D1 Child Protection Plans by local authority

Child protection plans starting during the year by initial and latest category of abuse.

D2 Child Protection Plans starting in the year by category of abuse and local authority

Child protection plans starting in the year and child protection plans which are a second or subsequent plan.

D3 Child Protection Plans starting during year which were a second or subsequent plan, by local authority

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by initial and latest category of abuse.

D4 Child Protection Plans at 31 March by category of abuse and local authority

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March by duration of the plan.

D5 Child Protection Plans at 31 March by duration and local authority

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March that had been on a plan for at least three months and had reviews carried out within the required timescales. &nbsp;

D6 Child Protection Plans reviewed within timescales by local authority

Child protection plans ending during the year by duration of the plan.

D7 Child Protection Plans ending during the year to 31 March by duration and local authority

&nbsp;Child protection plans ending during the first six months of the year by duration of the plan

D8 Child protection plans ending during the first six months of the year by duration child remained in need and local authority

Headline children in need figures.

Headline figures

Data underpinning headline boxes in statistical commentary.

Headline boxes

ONS population estimates for children aged 0 to 17 (age at mid-year).

ONS mid-year population estimates

Including children in need and child protection, children looked after and social work workforce statistics

Children's social care

Children in need and child protection

Children looked after

Children's social work workforce

Outcomes for children in social care

Secure children's homes

Serious incident notifications

Including Attendance in education and early years settings during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

COVID-19

Attendance

CO2 monitors

Confirmed cases reported by Higher Education providers

Devices

Testing

Including not in education, employment or training (NEET) statistics

Destination of pupils and students

Destinations of key stage 4 and 16-18 pupils

NEET and participation

Including early years foundation stage profile and early years surveys statistics

Early years

Childcare and early years

Early years foundation stage profile

Early years surveys

Including local authority (LA) and student loan statistics

Finance and funding

Local authority and school finance

Student loan forecasts

Including advanced learner loan, benefit claimant and apprenticeship and traineeship statistics

Further education

Further education and skills

Further education outcomes

Further education workforce

Including university graduate employment, graduate labour market and participation statistics

Higher education

Education exports

Foundation years

Higher education graduate employment and earnings

Higher level learners in England

Participation measures in higher education

Widening participation in higher education

Including absence, application and offers, capacity, exclusion and special educational needs (SEN) statistics

Pupils and schools

Academy transfers

Admission appeals

Elective home education and children missing education

Exclusions

Parental responsibility measures

Pupil absence

Pupil projections

School and pupil numbers

School applications

School capacity

Special educational needs (SEN)

Young offenders

School and college outcomes and performance

16 to 19 attainment

GCSEs (key stage 4)

Key stage 1

Key stage 2

Multi-academy trust performance measures

Including initial teacher training (ITT) statistics

Teachers and school workforce

Initial teacher training (ITT)

School workforce

Including summarised expenditure, post-compulsory education, qualification and school statistics

	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Children in need (as at 31 March)	378,030	395,480	390,130	393,910	389,040	404,710	399,510	389,260	388,490	404,310
Children in need per 10,000 children (as at 31 March)	330.9	343.7	336.6	337.3	330.1	341.0	334.2	323.7	321.2	334.3
Child protection plans (as at 31 March)	43,190	48,300	49,690	50,310	51,080	53,790	52,260	51,510	50,010	50,920
Child protection plans per 10,000 children (as at 31 March)	37.8	42.0	42.9	43.1	43.3	45.3	43.7	42.8	41.4	42.1
Referrals (year to 31 March)	593,470	657,780	635,620	621,470	646,120	655,630	650,930	642,980	597,760	650,270
Completed assessments (year to 31 March)	x	u	550,810	571,640	606,910	631,090	644,730	665,660	625,960	645,070

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