leicestershire child protection stats Sexual Abuser

April 2012 Children at risk total jumps In the past three years, the number of children subject to a child protection plan has increased in Leicester from 323 to 428.

This includes 36 children suffering emotional abuse, 138 for neglect, 167 for physical abuse, 25 for sexual abuse and 62 with more than one category.

Ms Tote said: “The child protection plan determines what needs to change in order for the risk to the child to reduce and what agencies need to be involved with the family to help them make the changes.

“Those agencies involved are determined by the needs of the child and family but will always include social care, education and health representatives.” In Leicestershire, the number with a protection plan rose from 259 in 2009 to 522 in 2012.

Fifty-eight of the youngsters are under child protection plans because of sexual abuse.

A county council spokeswoman said: “Our central duty team makes sure that we give the best and most immediate response we can to anyone who calls with concerns about a child’s welfare.

“Trained officers deal with calls to ensure a quicker and more consistent response and free up social workers to spend more time in communities working with children and their families.

“Nationally, there has been a rise in the number of children at risk.

“In response to this, some of the £2.5 million increase in the children’s social care services budget will be used to bolster early intervention approaches.” The NSPCC this week called for more action to protect children after releasing national figures that showed a child was sexually attacked on average every 20 minutes last year.

The charity said more than 60 child sex offences were reported to police nationwide every day.