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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Contacts received for children by statutory social services during the year, by local authority
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YearIn 2023-24, Blaenau Gwent\’s figure for metric CH/003 includes contacts that were closed or signposted to other agencies. This has been excluded in previous years\’ data.<br /><br />In all years, Pembrokeshire\’s data only includes closed contact referrals only. <br /><br />In 2022-23, Swansea\’s figure for metric CH/003 only includes data the for the period between 1 January and 31 March 2023.<br /><br />Since 2020-21, several local authorities have had difficulties in collecting the data due to issues with their ICT system.[Filter]
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Click here to sortCH/001: The number of contacts for children received by statutory Social Services during the yearClick here to sortCH/002: The number of contacts for children received by statutory Social Services during the year where advice or assistance was providedClick here to sortCH/003: The number of contacts received by statutory children's social services during the year where a decision was made by the end of the next working dayClick here to sortCH/001: The number of contacts for children received by statutory Social Services during the yearClick here to sortCH/002: The number of contacts for children received by statutory Social Services during the year where advice or assistance was providedClick here to sortCH/003: The number of contacts received by statutory children's social services during the year where a decision was made by the end of the next working dayClick here to sortCH/001: The number of contacts for children received by statutory Social Services during the yearClick here to sortCH/002: The number of contacts for children received by statutory Social Services during the year where advice or assistance was providedClick here to sortCH/003: The number of contacts received by statutory children's social services during the year where a decision was made by the end of the next working dayClick here to sortCH/001: The number of contacts for children received by statutory Social Services during the yearClick here to sortCH/002: The number of contacts for children received by statutory Social Services during the year where advice or assistance was providedClick here to sortCH/003: The number of contacts received by statutory children's social services during the year where a decision was made by the end of the next working day
[Collapse]Wales176,40870,572145,004209,00885,126162,261223,57690,823182,545246,45496,618213,679
WalesIsle of Anglesey3,8413,6483,6324,3014,1304,0924,6984,1974,1264,6214,0594,024
Gwynedd5,4057925,4006,2219876,2196,2861,0986,1406,3931,0806,254
Conwy7,0881,0105,6789,381..|The data item is not available6,7309,298..|The data item is not available7,14610,53610,5367,913
Denbighshire4,3296114,0185,1057444,8307,8447547,1915,0564562,673
Flintshire11,5714,34810,80512,9109,89412,90213,2029,89912,99913,45110,00213,012
Wrexham10,4003,05510,16212,6093,41512,39113,4533,31813,38916,1725,20716,104
Powys6,5893,5754,3028,6705,2206,0307,5456,0505,2557,5143,8904,592
Ceredigion5,1941,398..|The data item is not available4,0561,202..|The data item is not available3,3441,458..|The data item is not available2,9841,557..|The data item is not available
Pembrokeshire3,0122,2212,5634,6902,1223,8784,5121,6112,6644,4767842,550
Carmarthenshire9,2575,2148,66711,0595,4739,30313,1906,28012,96214,8706,10414,505
Swansea9,3094,7899,0798,119..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available7,0722,3871,7458,9152,0758,320
Neath Port Talbot10,9942,25910,99412,8072,08412,80714,3742,61414,37416,3542,11116,354
Bridgend4,7421,2354,4875,6672,150..|The data item is not available8,3342,6798,29511,9402,27511,903
Vale of Glamorgan7,8012,3864,3007,1654,0533,3389,2865,5034,86810,3343,6459,618
Cardiff23,4119,44719,95529,47412,45220,02628,7559,15016,04534,5459,55721,746
Rhondda Cynon Taf19,4898,11019,25224,38510,46324,03426,71211,97626,27628,03512,53527,266
Merthyr Tydfil3,126..|The data item is not available..|The data item is not available5,6002,7355,5707,3782,2897,3787,6151,8017,591
Caerphilly7,2304,3937,1239,1295,3978,6459,5655,7459,5089,5575,4229,463
Blaenau Gwent4,5126237965,7815178206,7551,6388578,1271,3874,987
Torfaen4,6753,3334,6654,7923,2904,7915,1243,6025,1205,4833,7625,479
Monmouthshire4,3292,7003,0425,7763,3795,7695,8253,5085,6987,0713,8797,065
Newport10,1045,4256,08411,3115,41910,08611,0245,06710,50912,4054,49412,260

Metadata

Title

Contacts received for children by statutory social services during the year, by local authority

Last update

12 March 2025 12 March 2025

Next update

March 2026 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Performance and Improvement Framework for Social Services

Contact email

stats.pss@gov.wales

Designation

Experimental statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

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Keywords

Performance Measure, Children, Referrals, Contacts

General description

The information is collected to captivate the volume and demand for information, advice and assistance during the year, as defined in the Social Services and Wellbeing (Wales) Act 2014.

Data collection and calculation

While extensive efforts have been made to gather reliable and accurate information from local authorities, data remains imperfect.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data are shown for each financial year from 2020-21 onwards.

Users, uses and context

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