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Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
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Children & Young People
Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Updated 7 years ago

Information on the numbers of children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending March. Source: Children in Need census Figures have been calculated by the Department for Education ('DfE') based upon all information provided in the CIN return. A child in need is one who has been referred to children's social care services, and who has been assessed,...

Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
Added 15 years ago

The Child Well-being Index (CWI) represents the first attempt to create a small area index exclusively for children in England. Unlike the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), the CWI was restricted by the availability of data as many datasets are not disaggregated by age group. Data on children is largely collected through surveys which are not robust enough to be...