In October 2018 we reported that an average of 188 children a day in England were being put on protection plans because they are at risk of abuse or neglect.
- ONS: Characteristics of children in need: 2017 to 2018
- XLS: Characteristics of children in need tables: 2018
- Councillor Anntoinette Bramble, Chairs, Local Government Association children and young people board
- "Andy and his wife", investigated by social services when they took their nine-week-old baby to hospital in Sheffield with a bump on the head
- Sheffield City Council
- Andrew Bilson, University of Central Lancashire
- Cathy Ashley, chief executive, Family Rights Group
- Department for Education
- Nadhim Zahawi, Children and families minister
- Bar chart: Areas with the highest rates of child protection plans
- Table: Rise in child protection plans
- Multiple column chart: Rise in child protection cases (generated using the R package ggplot2)