National and local authority level figures on referrals, assessments, and children subject to child protection plans in England. The data was collected by the UK Department for Education and designated as National Statistics. The collection is based on the discontinued Child Protection and Referrals 3 (CPR3) return.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in child protection referrals based on national and local authority figures
- Compare assessment rates across different local authorities in England
- Monitor the number of children and young people subject to a child protection plan over time
Strengths
- Designated as National Statistics, indicating official quality standards
- Provides figures at both national and local authority levels
- Published by the authoritative UK Department for Education
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- The underlying data collection (CPR3) has been discontinued, which may affect comparability with future data
Provenance
- Source
- Department for Education
- Collection Method
- Collected through the Child Protection and Referrals 3 (CPR3) return
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:32:23.402265; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- England