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Glasgow City Region

CPR num GCR 2020

The number of children on the Child Protection Register in Glasgow on 31st July 2019, was far higher than in the other Glasgow City Region local authorities.  

CPR rate GCR 2020

Glasgow had the highest percentage of children on its local authority Child Protection Register in the Glasgow City Region (0.41%). Glasgow, along with Inverclyde and East Dunbartonshire, were above the Scottish average. East Renfrewshire had the lowest percentage in the region.

CPR num trend GCR 2020The above chart shows that the neighbouring Glasgow City Region local authorities have low numbers of children on their Child Protection Registers compared to Glasgow. Two authorities (East Renfrewshire and Inverclyde) have had fewer than 50 children on their Child Protection Registers at the 31st July in any of the seven years.

CPR rate trend GCR 2020Glasgow had the highest percentage of children on its Child Protection Register except for 2017 and 2018, when it was overtaken by West Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and South Lanarkshire. In 2019 however, Glasgow returned to having the highest percentage. East Renfrewshire has had the lowest percentage since 2016.

Notes

Children on the Child Protection Register - This indicator reports information on the number of children on the Child Protection Register, aged 0 to 15 years. Estimates of the 0-15 years population are applied to calculate the relative measure of the number of children on the Child Protection Register per 1,000 population.

Data for this indicator at Scotland and Scottish local authority level, including Glasgow City Council, was sourced from the Scottish Government annual report on Children's Social Work Statistics. This report is compiled by the Scottish Government from annual data returns on children in the child protection system, which are submitted by all 32 local authorities in Scotland. Information on children from English local authority areas, including population estimates applied to calculate rates per 1,000 population (aged 0-15 years) was obtained from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Some information at Glasgow and sub Glasgow level was extracted from Social Work Services monthly performance reports.

The number of children who are social work service users (including those 'looked after' and accommodated or on the Child Protection Register) is derived from careFirst (the client information system used by Glasgow City Council Social Work Services); population estimates for areas within Scotland are obtained from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) (formerly GROS) or from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) for English local authorities and numbers/rates of children referred to the Children’s Reporter are drawn from the SCRA website.

Further reading under ‘Children on child protection register’