Children on the child protection register during the year, by local authority

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No data exists prior to April 2022 for metrics CH/027, CH/028 and CH/030a.<br /><br />In 2021-22, Merthyr Tydfil was unable to provide data for CH/030b.<br /><br />In 2020-21, several local authorities were not able to gather reliable and accurate for some of the metrics.<br />

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Local Authority 1

CH/024: Of those children who were placed on the child protection register during the year, the number that has been previously registered under any category, at any time during the previous 12 months

CH/027: The total number of initial core group meetings held during the year

CH/028: The total number of initial core group meetings held during the year that were held within statutory timescales

CH/029: The total number of visits to children placed on the child protection register that were due during the year

CH030a: The total number of visits to children on the child protection register that were completed

CH/030b: The total number of visits to children placed on the child protection register that were due during the year that were completed within approved timescales

Wales

299

3,934

3,094

73,290

70,684

54,020

Wales

Isle of Anglesey

1,207

1,023

Gwynedd

102

1,561

1,503

1,149

Conwy

1,087

1,397

1,218

Denbighshire

1,606

1,052

635

Flintshire

184

178

5,090

4,675

Wrexham

193

135

4,941

4,972

3,257

Powys

117

111

3,590

3,004

Ceredigion

1,116

1,260

961

Pembrokeshire

1,094

1,481

1,094

Carmarthenshire

153

141

2,684

2,683

2,263

Swansea

256

238

4,699

3,415

2,840

Neath Port Talbot

1,709

1,522

Bridgend

373

314

6,087

6,025

5,000

Vale of Glamorgan

151

1,075

1,057

728

Cardiff

532

206

8,824

5,646

Rhondda Cynon Taf

526

449

9,413

9,174

6,915

Merthyr Tydfil

112

2,730

3,627

2,792

Caerphilly

251

243

4,527

4,341

3,156

Blaenau Gwent

147

1,733

1,647

1,516

Torfaen

158

105

2,321

2,160

1,561

Monmouthshire

127

112

2,566

1,668

963

Newport

168

118

3,630

2,802

2,102

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Title

Children on the child protection register during the year, by local authority

Last update

9 April 2024

Next update

March 2025 (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

Keywords

Performance Measure, Children, Child protection register

General description

The information is collected to monitor the safeguarding processes for children in Wales.

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.

Weblinks

https://gov.wales/social-services-activity

Statistical quality

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

Name

care0173