Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of children under the age of one (a) started an episode of need, (b) were referred to children's social care services, (c) were subject to a child protection plan and (d) were in care in each local authority area in each of the most recent five years for which figures are available.
The information requested has been placed in the House Library.
Only the last three years of data have been provided. Figures for 2010 and 2011 could only be made available at disproportionate cost.