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Subject to a Child Protection Plan Aged 0 15 UK Cities*In England, the number of children subject to a Child Protection Plan is the equivalent measure to the number of children on the Child Protection Register (Scotland).  

Glasgow has a lower number of children on the Child Protection Register as at 31st March 2010 than all of the other comparable English authorities shown above. No figures were available for Liverpool as at 31st March 2010.

Glasgow’s rate per 1,000 population of children on the Child Protection Register of 3.0 is also lower than comparable rates for English authorities, which range from 4.1 to 9.3. All rates for the English local authorities shown are higher than the English average of 3.7 as at 31st March 2010. Nottingham’s rate is more than three times the rate for Glasgow while the Manchester and Newcastle rates are more than double the Glasgow rate.

Child Protection Plan aged 0 15 UK CitiesNotes

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’