1. GOVERNMENT STATISTICAL RETURNS ON CHILD PROTECTION Jenny Gray Policy Adviser Department for Education and Skills

2. LEGISLATION AND GUIDANCE Children Act 1989 Working Together to Safeguard Children (1999) Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families (2000)

3. REPRESENTATION OF EXTENT OF CHILDREN IN NEED IN ENGLAND AT 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)

4. CPR (England) SampleNationally representative data on number of children whose names are on the child protection register. 26,300 children at 31 March 2004 RepresentationRepresents only those children who have been subject of multi-agency child protection conference and been registered. Nationally representative. Time Period1 April 2003 - 31 March 2004 METHODOLOGY

5. CPR (England) Measures of Maltreatment Four major categories (Physical, sexual, emotional and neglect). LongitudinalSame data collection been repeated annually since 1988. Data Collection Standardised format completed by local authority statistics section. METHODOLOGY (cont…)

6. Child Protection Data Collection Follows 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

7. Child Protection Conference Provision of services Decision to Register Review Decision to De-register Child Protection Data Collection (cont…) Follows process set out in Government guidance

8. Estimated total children in each stage of the referral and assessment procedure, year ending 31 March 2003 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 ReferralsInitial Assessments completed Core Assessments completed Section 47 enquiries started ICP Conferences held Registered during year Thousands

9. Registrations and de-registrations during the years ending 31 March 1992 to 2003 and the numbers on

10. Children on the register at 31 March 2003 by age

11. Children and Young People on Child Protection Register at 31 March 2003 by category of abuse

12. 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

13. Contact Details Jenny.gray@dfes.gsi.gov.uk Government Statistics Website: www.dfes.gov.uk/rsgateway/contents.shtml