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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Children on the child protection register during the collection year, per 10,000 population aged under 18, by local authority
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[Collapse]Wales6,760619,629109
WalesIsle of Anglesey11313,10486
Gwynedd15521,85771
Conwy11920,55858
Denbighshire14019,30373
Flintshire36830,887119
Wrexham19027,92568
Powys26023,551110
Ceredigion11611,538101
Pembrokeshire14323,53961
Carmarthenshire25536,67970
Swansea46346,469100
Neath Port Talbot7528,16127
Bridgend55129,192189
Vale of Glamorgan23127,84983
Cardiff97175,106129
Rhondda Cynon Taf85049,208173
Merthyr Tydfil28612,476229
Caerphilly41836,233115
Blaenau Gwent20513,190155
Torfaen26719,352138
Monmouthshire25316,903150
Newport33136,54991

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 2022-23 onwards.

Users, uses and context

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Title

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

Last update

9 April 2024 9 April 2024

Next update

March 2025 (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

Keywords

Performance Measure, Children, Child Protection, Child Protection Register

Statistical quality

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