Accredited official statistics

Children in need: 2022 to 2023

Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2023.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 26 October 2023

Applies to England

Documents

Children in need in England: 2022 to 2023

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need/2023

Details

Information on:

• referrals to children’s social care services
• assessments carried out on children referred to children’s social care services
• children subject to child protection plans

We have renamed ‘Characteristics of children in need’ as ‘Children in need’. The statistics and content remain the same.