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Statistics: children in need and child protection

Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services.

Statistics on children in need are now published on Explore Education Statistics (EES).

Statistics from May 2010 to November 2020 are available on GOV.UK. You can find our archived statistics on the National Archives. Note: the search function is not available on archived content, so you should use the filters on the left of each page instead.

Characteristics of children in need

Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after

Referrals, assessments and children who were the subject of a child protection plan

Monitoring and evaluation of family intervention projects

Published 31 October 2012
Last updated 26 October 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added 'Children in need: 2022 to 2023' statistics.

  2. Added 'Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities, in England: 2021 to 2022'.

  3. Added 'Characteristics of children in need: 2021 to 2022'.

  4. Added 'Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities, in England: 2020 to 2021'.

  5. Added 'Characteristics of children in need: 2020 to 2021' under the heading 'Characteristics of children in need'.

  6. Added 'Outcomes for children in need, including children looked after by local authorities in England: 2019 to 2020'.

  7. Added a link to Explore education statistics and added the latest National Statistics Characteristics of children in need: 2019 to 2020.

  8. Removed details on how to submit feedback on proposed changes to children in need and looked after statistics - the submission deadline has now passed.

  9. Added details about the proposed changes to outcomes statistics and how users can give their feedback.

  10. Added 'Characteristics of children in need in England: 2018 to 2019'.

  11. Added Characteristics of children in need: 2017 to 2018.

  12. Added 'Characteristics of children in need: 2016 to 2017'.

  13. Added 'Characteristics of children in need: 2015 to 2016'.

  14. Added 'Characteristics of children in need: 2014 to 2015'.

  15. Added SFR for characteristics of children in need in England 2012 to 2013.

  16. First published.