Child Protection Registers (Hansard, 30 November 2000)

§ Mr. Paul Murphy

Figures for 1990 and 1997 are set out in the table. Since 1 July 1999, this has been a matter for the National Assembly for Wales.

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Children on Child Protection Registers
	Neglect, Physical and sexual abuse	Neglect and physical abuse	Neglect and sexual abuse	Physical abuse and sexual abuse	Neglect (only)	Physical abuse (only)	Sexual abuse (only)	Emotional abuse (only)	Grave concern: household contains known abuser	Grave concern: other	Total	Rate per 10,000 Population aged 0–17 Year
at 31 March 1990
Clwyd	1	4	0	1	19	83	54	16	107	86	371	39
Dyfed	0	25	3	2	37	60	26	25	68	109	355	45
Gwent	0	9	0	1	61	122	32	14	36	92	367	35
Gwynedd	0	1	1	1	8	10	2	0	15	20	58	11
Mid Glamorgan	0	5	0	0	12	61	23	15	35	28	179	14
Powys	0	0	1	0	20	10	9	2	21	22	85	33
South Glamorgan	1	8	2	5	106	112	26	34	144	315	753	78
West Glamorgan	0	1	2	1	12	23	8	2	64	21	134	16
Wales	2	53	9	11	275	481	180	108	490	693	2,302	35
at 31 March 1997:
Isle of Anglesey	0	0	0	0	7	4	4	2	¹—	¹—	17	11
Gwynedd	0	5	5	4	16	24	15	13	¹—	¹—	82	32
Conwy	0	5	0	1	18	27	1	2	¹—	¹—	54	24
Denbighshire	0	1	0	0	9	16	3	8	¹—	¹—	37	18
Flintshire	0	2	0	0	3	12	12	2	¹—	¹—	31	9
Wrexham	0	3	2	0	6	10	3	7	¹—	¹—	31	11
Powys	0	2	3	0	12	1	6	19	¹—	¹—	43	16
Ceredigion	0	0	0	0	7	9	9	8	¹—	¹—	33	24
Pembrokeshire	0	1	1	0	26	13	13	19	¹—	¹—	73	28
Carmarthenshire	0	6	0	2	54	27	12	24	¹—	¹—	125	34
Swansea	0	0	0	0	32	36	33	22	¹—	¹—	123	24
Neath Port Talbot	0	0	0	0	60	42	16	40	¹—	¹—	158	50
Bridgend	0	0	0	2	4	22	1	8	¹—	¹—	37	12
The Vale of Glamorgan	0	6	0	4	13	44	8	33	¹—	¹—	108	37
Cardiff	4	35	5	6	143	109	48	112	¹—	¹—	462	61
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff	0	8	2	0	47	30	12	36	¹—	¹—	135	24
Merthyr Tydfil	1	7	0	0	22	12	12	14	¹—	¹—	68	46
Caerphilly	5	12	1	4	31	50	30	19	¹—	¹—	152	36
Blaenau Gwent	0	0	2	0	23	10	8	7	¹—	¹—	50	29
Torfaen	0	2	0	0	10	19	6	2	¹—	¹—	39	18
Monmouthshire	0	0	0	1	16	16	5	7	¹—	¹—	45	23
Newport	0	3	6	6	55	29	19	8	¹—	¹—	126	37
Wales	10	98	27	30	614	562	276	412	¹—	¹—	2,029	30
¹Not applicable

Note:

Comparisons between abuse categories for these years are not possible as the category 'Grave concern' was discontinued in 1993. Continuing Grave concern cases were assigned to another category.