Data set from Children in need

B3 Children in Need by Primary Need

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Children in need at 31 March, by primary need at assessment.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2020
• Number of rows: 1,312
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • N0 - Not stated
  • N1 - Abuse or neglect
  • N2 - Child's disability or illness
  • N3 - Parent's disability or illness
  • N4 - Family in acute stress
  • N5 - Family dysfunction
  • N6 - Socially unacceptable behaviour
  • N7 - Low income
  • N8 - Absent parenting
  • N9 - Cases other than children in need
  • Number of children in need at 31 March
• Time period: 2013 to 2020

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	category	At31_episodes	N1_Abuse_or_neglect	N2_Childs_disability_or_illness	N3_Parents_disability_or_illness	N4_Family_in_acute_stress	N5_Family_dysfunction	N6_Socially_unacceptable_behaviour	N7_Low_income	N8_Absent_parenting	N9_Cases_other_than_CIN	N0_Not_stated
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Primary need at assessment	389260	217440	31940	9420	32860	54810	8180	1540	15950	4110	13010
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Primary need at assessment	24630	13740	2030	230	2380	4660	430	60	290	90	740
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Primary need at assessment	58080	37530	3710	890	4510	8090	1010	110	1280	150	800
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and the Humber				Primary need at assessment	41410	29600	2500	510	2280	3640	510	100	920	270	1080
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Primary need at assessment	29920	15760	1530	970	2240	3890	520	130	890	1550	2440

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 11 variables

Variable name	Variable description
At31_episodes	Number of children in need at 31 March
N0_Not_stated	N0 - Not stated
N1_Abuse_or_neglect	N1 - Abuse or neglect
N2_Childs_disability_or_illness	N2 - Child's disability or illness
N3_Parents_disability_or_illness	N3 - Parent's disability or illness
N4_Family_in_acute_stress	N4 - Family in acute stress
N5_Family_dysfunction	N5 - Family dysfunction
N6_Socially_unacceptable_behaviour	N6 - Socially unacceptable behaviour
N7_Low_income	N7 - Low income
N8_Absent_parenting	N8 - Absent parenting
N9_Cases_other_than_CIN	N9 - Cases other than children in need

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Footnotes

1. When a child is referred to children's social care with a request for services to be provided the main reason why the child started to receive services is recorded as their primary need.

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Email: cin.stats@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Andy Brook

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