Data set from Children in need

A3 National times series of children in need by gender, age and primary need

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Published 26 October 2023

Last updated 26 October 2023

Children in need by gender, age and primary need.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Number of rows: 120
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Children in Need at 31st March
  • 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
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
• Time period: 2018 to 2023

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Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	category	characteristic	CIN_At31	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
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Total	403090	231500	32790	8540	35540	51160	8040	1190	20970	3520	9830
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Female	176030	109750	10780	4040	16030	23750	2560	530	2670	1580	4330
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Male	218950	116360	21910	4250	18810	26170	5440	650	18260	1920	5190
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Unknown or Indeterminate gender	1080	570	50	30	150	150	10	c	30	10	90
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Primary need at assessment	Unborn	7020	4820	50	230	550	1100	30	10	20	10	220

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 12 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic
CIN_At31	Children in Need at 31st 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. Data for the years ending 31 March 2021 and 2022 is not available for Hackney local authority, therefore 2020 data for Hackney has been included in 2021 and 2022 national totals, and regional totals for inner London and London. Refer to the methodology section for more information.

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If you have a specific enquiry about A3 National times series of children in need by gender, age and primary need statistics and data:

Children’s Services Statistics Team

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

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