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Findings from a survey of children in care and care leavers on the planning and preparation that happens before leaving care.
A paper on the characteristics of group-based child sexual exploitation.
Analysis of the responses to the Department for Education’s (DfE) consultation on introducing national standards for unregulated provision.
Analysis of the findings from the focus groups with care experienced children and young people on national standards for unregulated provision.
Kantar Public’s examination of key behavioural drivers and barriers to partnership working following multi-agency reforms.
Social care data to accompany the Ofsted Annual Report 2020/21.
Local authority inspection data and children's homes inspection data covering the period up until 31 August 2021
Information on looked-after children at both national and local authority levels for the financial year 2020 to 2021.
Children’s social care statistics for Northern Ireland presents figures, collected from each of the five health and social care trusts, for children in need at 31 March and year ending 31 March.
Fostering in England statistics for the period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021.
This publication presents information on the number of children on the child protection register at the end of each quarter.
Statistics on children referred to and assessed by children's social services for the year ending 31 March 2021.
A report on social care groups and how they influence policy and practice across children’s homes.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its interim report into its market study into children’s social care provision.
This annual publication details statistical information on children adopted from care in Northern Ireland.
National review into babies seriously harmed or killed by their father or male carer.
This publication presents information on children in Northern Ireland who have been looked after continuously for 12 months or longer at 30 September each year.
This publication presents information on the number of children on the child protection register at the end of each quarter
An analysis of children’s homes that provide short breaks, usually for disabled children.
Experimental statistics covering notifications from local authorities about serious incidents involving children, including incidents of serious harm and death.
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