Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether any of the Ofsted inspectors who undertook the recent inspection of Haringey child protection services took part in the (a) 2007 Annual Performance Assessment and (b) 2006 Joint Area Review. (240757)

This is a matter for Ofsted. HM Chief Inspector, Christine Gilbert, has written to the hon. Member and a copy of her reply has been placed in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children were on the Child Protection Register in each region in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement. (241395)

The information requested is shown in the table.

*Children who were the subject of a Child Protection Plan (CPP)*^{1, 2}*, years at 31 March 1997 to 2008, coverage: Government Office Region in England*
	England	North East	North West	Yorkshire and the Humber	East Midlands	West Midlands	East of England	London	South East	South West
Subject of a CPP at 31 March
Number:
1997	32,400	2,250	4,245	4,960	3,265	3,390	2,465	5,025	3,845	2,920
1998	31,600	2,155	3,965	4,485	3,145	3,565	2,800	4,995	3,660	2,875
1999	31,900	2,165	4,205	4,015	3,095	3,760	3,080	4,900	3,815	2,845
2000	30,300	2,105	4,050	3,390	3,135	3,600	2,865	4,810	3,835	2,485
2001	26,800	1,835	3,245	2,885	2,640	3,130	2,595	4,625	3,720	2,155
2002	25,700	1,935	3,390	2,850	2,370	2,995	2,490	4,500	3,105	2,095
2003	26,600	1,920	3,795	2,870	2,485	2,960	2,520	4,600	3,220	2,105
2004	26,300	1,770	3,470	2,950	2,280	3,010	2,480	4,770	3,375	2,150
2005	25,900	1,715	3,440	2,730	2,125	3,330	2,450	4,650	3,500	1,980
2006	26,400	1,615	3,375	2,830	2,275	3,305	2,600	4,745	3,540	2,085
2007	27,900	1,785	3,565	2,730	2,525	3,480	2,620	4,955	3,880	2,330
2008	29,200	1,980	3,980	2,835	2,410	3,475	2,745	5,210	4,210	2,345

Rate per 10,000 children aged under 18 years:
1997	29	37	n/a	42	34	27	20	31	22	28
1998	28	36	25	38	33	28	23	31	20	27
1999	28	37	26	34	33	30	25	30	21	27
2000	27	36	25	29	33	29	23	29	21	23
2001	24	32	20	25	28	25	21	28	20	20
2002	23	33	21	25	25	24	20	27	17	20
2003	24	35	24	25	26	24	21	29	18	21
2004	24	32	23	26	24	25	20	29	19	20
2005	23	31	22	24	23	27	30	29	20	19
2006	24	24	22	25	24	27	21	29	20	20
2007	25	33	24	24	27	29	21	31	22	22
2008	27	37	27	25	26	29	22	32	23	22
n/a = Not available. ¹ England figures are rounded to the nearest 100. Government Office Region figures are rounded to the nearest 5. ² Figures include unborn children.

The latest figures on the numbers and percentage of children subject to Child Protection Plans or placed on the Child Protection Register were published in a Statistical First Release (SFR) 24/2008 “Referrals, Assessments and Children and Young People who are the subject of a Child Protection Plan, England—Year ending 31 March 2008" on 16 September 2008. A copy of this release is available on my Department’s website:

www.dcsf.gov.uk/rsgateway

Volume 485: debated on Wednesday 17 December 2008