Children in need
Statistics on children in need in England, including child protection plans and referrals to and assessments completed by children’s social care services.
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If you have a specific enquiry about Children in need statistics and data:
Children’s Services Statistics Team
Email: cin.stats@education.gov.ukContact name: Andy Brook
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Telephone: 020 7783 8300
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These accredited official statistics have been independently reviewed by the Office for Statistics Regulation (opens in new tab) (OSR). They comply with the standards of trustworthiness, quality and value in the Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab). Accredited official statistics are called National Statistics in the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 (opens in new tab).
Accreditation signifies their compliance with the authority's Code of Practice for Statistics (opens in new tab) which broadly means these statistics are:
- managed impartially and objectively in the public interest
- meet identified user needs
- produced according to sound methods
- well explained and readily accessible
Our statistical practice is regulated by the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR).
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You are welcome to contact us directly with any comments about how we meet these standards. Alternatively, you can contact OSR by emailing regulation@statistics.gov.uk or via the OSR website (opens in new tab).
Pre-release access list
Besides Department for Education (DfE) professional and production staff, the following post holders were given pre-release access up to 24 hours before release.
- Secretary of State for Education
- Minister for Children and Families
- Minister for Skills
- Special Adviser, Policy
- Special Adviser, Policy, Speeches, and Political Engagements
- Special Adviser, Communications
- Special Adviser, Parliamentary, Social Media, and Regional/Trade Press Communications
- Special Adviser, Women and Equalities Policy
- Permanent Secretary
- Director General, Families
- Director General, Strategy
- Director, Children's Social Care - Strategy and Care System
- Director, Children's Social Care - Safeguarding and Workforce
- Deputy Director, Child Protection and Safeguarding Division
- Section Head, Child Protection Reforms Unit
- Section Head, Safeguarding Unit
- Section Head, Children in Need Outcomes Unit
- Policy Advisor, Children in Need Outcomes Unit
- Head of Family Help Policy and Strategy Unit
- Family Help Policy Lead
- Head of Safeguarding Partners and Multi Agency
- Policy lead, Extra Familial Harms Team
- Chief Analyst and Director, Strategic Analysis, Research, Data, Insight & Science
- Deputy Head of Profession for Statistics and Section Head, Statistics Services Unit
- Team leader, Children in Need and Looked After Children Analysis Team
- Head of News, News and Social Media
- Deputy Head of News
- Senior Media Officer
- Head of Social Media Content
- Social Media Officer