https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/child-protection-plans

More children in England at risk of abuse or neglect
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/child-protection-plans

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More children in England at risk of abuse or neglect

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/child-protection-plans
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2018-10-26T13:10:10.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2018-10-26T13:17:22.000Z (almost 7 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-27T08:42:20.709Z (10 months ago)
• Topics: abuse, children, neglect, protectionplans, socialwork
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45976630
• Size: 712 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# More children in England at risk of abuse or neglect

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/14462/production/_104024038_chart-childprotect_birmingham-d7mkn-nc.png)

In October 2018 we [reported that an average of 188 children a day in England were being put on protection plans because they are at risk of abuse or neglect](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-45976630).

## Get the data

* ONS: [Characteristics of children in need: 2017 to 2018](https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/characteristics-of-children-in-need-2017-to-2018)

* XLS: [Characteristics of children in need tables: 2018](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/child-protection-plans/blob/master/Characteristics_of_children_in_need_main_tables_2018.xlsx)

## Interviews and quotes

* Councillor Anntoinette Bramble, Chairs, Local Government Association children and young people board

* "Andy and his wife", investigated by social services when they took their nine-week-old baby to hospital in Sheffield with a bump on the head

* Sheffield City Council

* Andrew Bilson, University of Central Lancashire

* Cathy Ashley, chief executive, Family Rights Group

* Department for Education

* Nadhim Zahawi, Children and families minister 

## Visualisation

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/543A/production/_104026512_protectionplans6-nc.png)

* Bar chart: Areas with the highest rates of child protection plans

* Table: Rise in child protection plans

* Multiple column chart: Rise in child protection cases (generated using the R package ggplot2)