Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish the most recently available data showing the gender breakdown, by age, of children with 'child in need' status in England.

Information on the numbers of children in need in England by gender and age as at 31 March 2024 are published in the statistics release ‘Children in need in England’. This data has been available since 31 October 2024 and can be found here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/017e9ab0-556a-4e52-0c34-08de07233b94.

Figures for the year ending 31 March 2025 are available here: https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/data-tables/permalink/39cc1f07-37e5-4b8c-e315-08de1acd7617.