HC Deb 26 January 2004 vol 417 cc122-4W
Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children resident in(a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon were on the Child Protection Register on 31 December 2003. [149673]

Margaret Hodge

Information on the number of children and young people on the Child Protection Register in(a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon at 31 December 2003 is not collected centrally for this date. However, information about children who are registered on child protection registers is collected centrally from local councils with social services responsibilities at 31 March each year. The most recent figure, which was for 31 March 2002, shows that there were 100 children on the register maintained by Cambridgeshire county council. Information is not collected below this organisational level.

Details of the number of children and young people on Child Protection Registers at 31 March 2003 will be published by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) on Thursday 29 January 2004.

Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children resident in(a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon who were on the Child Protection Register on 31 December 2003 had previously been registered. [149674]

Margaret Hodge

Information on the number of children and young people on the Child Protection Register in(a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon at 31 December 2003 is not collected centrally for this date. However, information about children who are registered on child protection registers is collected centrally from local councils with social services responsibilities at 31 March each year. The most recent figure, which was for 31 March 2002, shows that there were 30 children on the Child Protection Register maintained by Cambridgeshire county council who had previously been registered. Information is not collected below this organisational level.

Details of the number of children and young people on Child Protection Register at 31 March 2003, including details of re-registrations, will be published by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) on Thursday 29 January 2004.

Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children resident in(a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon who were on the Child Protection Register on 31 December 2003 were also looked after by local authorities. [149675]

Margaret Hodge

Information on the number of children and young people on the Child Protection Register in(a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon at 31 December 2003 is not collected centrally for this specific date. However, information about children who are registered on child protection registers is collected centrally from local councils with social services responsibilities at 31 March each year. The most recent figure, which was for 31 March 2002, shows that there were 15 children on the Child Protection Register maintained by Cambridgeshire county council who were also looked after by local authorities on that date. Information is not collected below this organisational level.

Details of the number of children and young people on Child Protection Register at 31 March 2003, including details of those also looked after on that date, will be published by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) on Thursday 29 January 2004.

Mr. Djanogly

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children resident in(a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon who were removed from the Child Protection Register during 2003 had been on it for more than two years. [149676]

Margaret Hodge

Information on the number of children and young people on the Child Protection Register in(a) Cambridgeshire and (b) Huntingdon at 31 December 2003 is not collected centrally for this date. However, information about children who are registered on child protection registers is collected centrally from local councils with social services responsibilities at 31 March each year. The most recent figure, which was for 31 March 2002, shows that 15 children were removed from the Child Protection Register maintained by Cambridgeshire county council who had been registered for more than two years. Information is not collected below this organisational level.

Details of the number of children and young people on child protection registers at 31 March 2003, including details of de-registrations, will be published by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES) on Thursday 29 January 2004.

Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for how many quangos dealing with child protection issues his Department is responsible. [145664]

Margaret Hodge

None of the non-departmental public bodies for which the Department for Education and Skills is responsible has direct responsibility for child protection issues.

On 12 January responsibility for the Children and Family Court Advice and Support Service (CAFCASS) was transferred from the Lord Chancellor to the Secretary of State for Education. CAFCASS is not directly responsible for child protection but part of its role is to safeguard and promote the welfare of children involved in family court proceedings.