Wales Children in Need Census, 2010
This is the first time that the Children in Need (CIN) census has been conducted in Wales. The statistics were produced by the Welsh Assembly Government and released on 24 February 2011 according to the arrangements approved by the UK Statistics Authority.
The key points from this release are:
- There were 18,800 children in need included in the CIN census at 31 March 2010, which was a rate of 300 per 10,000 children aged under 18 years, and 45 who were unborn (corresponding to 0.2 per cent of the children in need population). The number of children included in the CIN census, because they had a case open for 3 months, represents about 75 per cent of the total number of children in need on 31 March 2010 recorded in other statistical data collections.
- More than a third (34 per cent) of referrals were from local authority departments and a further 27 per cent from the police and primary or community health services.
- Just under a quarter (23 per cent) of children in need had a disability
- Parental substance or alcohol misuse and domestic abuse were the most frequently recorded parenting capacity factors.
- The attainment of children in need at each Key Stage assessment was lower than the average for all pupils.
Further information
Contact
Tel: 029 2082 3625
E-mail: stats.pss@wales.gsi.gov.uk
Next update
February 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on the 'Due Out Soon' page)
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