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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Children on the child protection register at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 18 by local authority and year
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[Collapse]Wales2,881619,96846
WalesIsle of Anglesey4113,07131
Gwynedd8921,68341
Conwy5920,47329
Denbighshire8619,27945
Flintshire17030,81755
Wrexham13627,76649
Powys8623,42437
Ceredigion3211,43228
Pembrokeshire11923,48551
Carmarthenshire10036,68427
Swansea20746,94744
Neath Port Talbot5227,99219
Bridgend18928,94165
Vale of Glamorgan12527,98345
Cardiff37475,74749
Rhondda Cynon Taf33048,90167
Merthyr Tydfil10812,45687
Caerphilly13836,06038
Blaenau Gwent10313,32477
Torfaen13019,42867
Monmouthshire8917,03952
Newport11837,03632

Metadata

General description

The Child Protection Register records all children for whom there are unresolved child protection issues and who are currently the subject of an inter-agency protection plan.

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

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.

Title

Children on the child protection register at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 18, by local authority and year

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

Source 2

Mid-year population estimates, Office for National Statistics

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, Child Protection, Child Protection Register