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GOVERNMENT STATISTICALRETURNS ON CHILD PROTECTION
Jenny Gray
Policy Adviser
Department for Education and Skills
LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE
• Children Act 1989
• Working Together to Safeguard Children (1999)
• Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families (2000)
REPRESENTATION OF EXTENT OF REPRESENTATION OF EXTENT OF CHILDREN IN NEED IN ENGLAND AT CHILDREN IN NEED IN ENGLAND AT ANY ONE TIME (2003)ANY ONE TIME (2003) All children
(11 million)
Vulnerable children (3.66m)
Children in need (384,200)
Children Looked After (60,800)
On Child Protection Register (26,600)
CPR (England)
Sample • Nationally representative data on number of children whose names are on the child protection register.
• 26,300 children at 31 March 2004
Representation • Represents only those children who have been subject of multi-agency child protection conference and been registered.
• Nationally representative.
Time Period 1 April 2003 - 31 March 2004
METHODOLOGY
CPR (England)
Measures of Maltreatment
Four major categories (Physical, sexual, emotional and neglect).
Longitudinal Same data collection been repeated annually since 1988.
Data Collection
Standardised format completed by local authority statistics section.
METHODOLOGY (cont…)
Child Protection Data CollectionFollows process set out in Government guidance
Referral to Social Services
Provision of services Initial Assessment
In-depth Assessment (core)
Actual Likely Harm
Provision of Services
Multi-agency strategy
discussion
S47 enquiries
Child Protection ConferenceProvision of services
Decision to Register
Review
Decision to De-register
Child Protection Data Collection (cont…)
Follows process set out in Government guidance
Estimated total children in each stage of the referral and assessment procedure, year ending 31 March 2003
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Referrals InitialAssessments
completed
CoreAssessments
completed
Section 47enquiriesstarted
ICPConferences
held
Registeredduring year
Thousands
Registrations and de-registrations during the years ending 31 March 1992 to 2003 and the numbers on
0
10
20
30
40
1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002
Thousands
on the register registrations de-registration
Children on the register at 31 March 2003 by age
10 - 15 (29%)
Under 1 (11%)16 & over (2%)
1 - 4 (29%)
5 - 9 (29%)
Children and Young People on Child Protection Register at 31 March 2003 by category of abuse
02468
1012
Neglect Physical Abuse Sexual Abuse Emotional
Abuse
Multiple/ not
recommended
Thou
sand
s
Purpose of Data Collection Programme
• Feedback to Local Authorities to inform their service planning and delivery
• Provides data for policy makers
• Used to inform Performance Assessment Process of Local Authorities
• Used to inform research and evaluation
Contact Details
Government Statistics Website:
www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/contents.shtml
