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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Number of pre-birth child protection conferences convened during the year by local authority
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YearIn 2021-22, Rhondda Cynon Taf was unable to provide data for metric CA/002.<br /><br />In 2020-21, Merthyr Tydfil had difficulties in capturing the data for metric CA/002, due to issues with their ICT system.<br /><br />[Filter]
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[Collapse]CA/002: Number of pre-birth child protection conferences convened during the year
Click here to sort2020-21Click here to sort2021-22Click here to sort2022-23Click here to sort2023-24
[Collapse]Wales413370428461
WalesIsle of Anglesey8885
Gwynedd10162013
Conwy56911
Denbighshire149711
Flintshire21181747
Wrexham12142818
Powys15202015
Ceredigion5496
Pembrokeshire1130
Carmarthenshire45108
Swansea33504329
Neath Port Talbot2415138
Bridgend31283828
Vale of Glamorgan19101013
Cardiff75655277
Rhondda Cynon Taf57..|The data item is not available5255
Merthyr Tydfil..|The data item is not available211920
Caerphilly117514
Blaenau Gwent1611918
Torfaen16252632
Monmouthshire13171724
Newport2320139

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General description

The information is collected in order to capture the number of pre-birth child protection conferences convened during the year.

Where there are concerns that an unborn child may be at future risk of significant harm, local authority children’s social services may decide to convene a child protection conference prior to the child’s birth.

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

Number of pre-birth child protection conferences convened 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

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

Keywords

Child Protection, Child Protection Conferences