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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]Wales7,048619,968114
WalesIsle of Anglesey11013,07184
Gwynedd20621,68395
Conwy14120,47369
Denbighshire16519,27986
Flintshire43330,817141
Wrexham31727,766114
Powys20723,42488
Ceredigion10311,43290
Pembrokeshire22023,48594
Carmarthenshire27336,68474
Swansea46246,94798
Neath Port Talbot16027,99257
Bridgend59528,941206
Vale of Glamorgan27127,98397
Cardiff92975,747123
Rhondda Cynon Taf79648,901163
Merthyr Tydfil30812,456247
Caerphilly39936,060111
Blaenau Gwent20413,324153
Torfaen27219,428140
Monmouthshire25017,039147
Newport22737,03661

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

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

Title

Children on the child protection register during the year 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

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

Keywords

Performance Measure, Children, Child Protection, Child Protection Register