Question to the Department for Education:
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children were referred to children’s social care services in Rotherham in 2017-18; and how many of those referrals resulted in (a) no further action and (b) a child being assessed but found not to be in need for children aged (i) 0-15 and (ii) 16-17 years old in Rotherham in the year ending 31 March 2017.
The available information is in the attached table.
The department is currently collecting information on children in need during the year ending 31 March 2018. Figures will be published in November 2018.