The interim findings from the eighth phase of the ADCS Safeguarding Pressures research reveals the damaging impact the Covid-19 pandemic has had on children’s lives since 2020 and how this has seen demand rise across a range of children’s services.
The interim report finds that:
The research draws on qualitative and quantitative data from 125 local authorities, covering 83 per cent of England’s child population, from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2022.
It also reveals that over the past 15 years, when the data was first collected, referrals to children’s social care in England have risen by a fifth to now stand at 650,000, while child protection enquiries have risen by 184 per cent over the same period.
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