The Department for Education’s most recent vulnerable children and young people survey found that referrals to children’s services over the two weeks between 10 - 23 August were up 12 per cent on the same period over the last three years. Some 60 per cent of local authorities reported an increase.
Referrals from individuals were up 20 per cent and those from health services were up by eight per cent.
Referrals from schools were down 28 per cent compared with the same period in 2018 while referrals from police were up 28 per cent.
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