The annual report of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre, published today (31 May), reveals the number of professionals trained by the organisation fell to 2,084 in 2010/11, a fall of 38.2 per cent on the 2009/10 figure of 3,370. In 2008/09, the figure stood at 3,734.
The figures are in sharp contrast to statistics on numbers of children safeguarded, numbers of arrests made and numbers of offender networks dismantled, all of which increased over the past 12 months.
A total of 414 children were safeguarded in 2010/11 – a rise of 49 per cent – while 513 arrests were made – up 23 per cent on the previous year. A total of 132 high-risk sex offender networks were smashed, up 38 per cent.
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