Children’s Commissioner’s Report on Vulnerability
"The Children’s Commissioner’s 2019 childhood vulnerability report examines the latest scale of, and trends over time in, rates of childhood vulnerability. As with last year, we have estimated the total number of children in England currently receiving statutory support or intervention (those who are ‘in the system’). Based on the latest available data, we believe this to be 723,000 children – slightly higher than last year’s figure of 710,000. We estimate that 2.3 million children are living with risk because of a vulnerable family background.
Below are some of the findings from the report:
- 2.3 million children growing up with a vulnerable family background
- 1.6 million children in families with complex needs for which there is no national established, recognised form of support
- 829,000 children are ‘invisible’ to services
- 25% of the amount councils spend on children now goes on the 1.1% of children who need acute and specialist services"
