'The nature of the dominant abuse categories suggests that mothers rather than fathers are the main perpetrators, and moreover that it is abuse by mothers which is mainly leading to the increasing incidence of protection orders.'
Number of children subject to a protection plan by category of abuse
Number of children subject to a protection plan by category of abuse
By MRA-UK: This will be a rather flat-footed presentation of salient data relating to children “in need” and “in care”. All the data herein relates to England alone (not the whole of the UK) unless otherwise stated. Data relates to the year ending March 2018, or at 31 March 2018, unless otherwise stated.
Throughout it will be seen that boys outnumber girls in care, in need, and in all their adverse effects.