Emergency Protection Orders
Education and Skills
John Hemming (Birmingham, Yardley, Liberal Democrat)
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills
(1) how many emergency protection orders have been applied for by each social services local authority in each of the last three years; and how many of those were applied for ex parte;
(2) how many emergency protection orders were applied for by each local authority in each of the last three years; how many were applied for ex-parte; of the ex-parte orders granted how many of each were granted; and how many were for children (a) under and (b) over the age of one year.
Beverley Hughes (Minister of State (Children, Young People and Families), Department for Education and Skills; Stretford and Urmston, Labour)
Information on the number of emergency protection order (EPO) applications made by local authorities is not collected by the Department for Education and Skills (DfES). Information on the number of children starting to be looked after for each social services local authority, as a result of an EPO made by the family courts, during the years ending
| Children who started to be looked after as a result of an emergency protection order being issued by family courts for the years ending 31 March 2003 to 2005 by legal status on starting( 1,2,3) | |||
| Number | |||
| 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | |
| England | 1,300 | 1,300 | 1,400 |
| North East | 70 | 50 | 60 |
| Shire counties | |||
| Durham | 20 | 10 | 10 |
| Northumberland | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Unitary authorities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darlington | 10 | 0 | — |
| Hartlepool | 5 | 0 | — |
| Middlesbrough | 0 | 10 | — |
| Redcar and Cleveland | 10 | — | 5 |
| Stockton on Tees | 10 | 15 | — |
| Metropolitan districts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gateshead | 5 | — | 10 |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | 0 | — | — |
| North Tyneside | — | — | — |
| South Tyneside | 5 | — | — |
| Sunderland | 0 | — | 0 |
| North West | 160 | 170 | 190 |
| Shire counties | |||
| Cheshire | 10 | — | — |
| Cumbria | 0 | 15 | 10 |
| Lancashire | 20 | 10 | 15 |
| Unitary authorities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blackburn and Darwen | 10 | — | 10 |
| Blackpool | 5 | — | 5 |
| Halton | 0 | — | — |
| Warrington | 10 | 5 | — |
| Metropolitan districts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bolton | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Bury | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Knowsley | 0 | — | 0 |
| Liverpool | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Manchester | 35 | 15 | 45 |
| Oldham | 5 | 15 | 10 |
| Rochdale | — | 15 | 10 |
| Salford | 10 | 10 | — |
| Sefton | 15 | — | — |
| St. Helens | 0 | — | — |
| Stockport | 0 | 10 | — |
| Tameside | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Trafford | 10 | — | 10 |
| Wigan | — | 10 | 5 |
| Wirral | 15 | — | 10 |
| Yorkshire and the Humber | 200 | 180 | 180 |
| Shire counties | |||
| North Yorkshire | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| Unitary authorities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| East Riding Yorkshire | 10 | — | 5 |
| Kingston upon Hull | — | 10 | 10 |
| North East Lincolnshire | 15 | 15 | 10 |
| North Lincolnshire | 5 | — | 10 |
| York | 0 | — | — |
| Metropolitan districts | |||
| Barnsley | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Bradford | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Calderdale | — | 10 | — |
| Doncaster | — | 10 | 15 |
| Kirklees | — | 10 | 10 |
| Leeds | 65 | 45 | 55 |
| Rotherham | 15 | 5 | — |
| Sheffield | 25 | 10 | 5 |
| Wakefield | 10 | 15 | — |
| East Midlands | 130 | 110 | 90 |
| Shire counties | |||
| Derbyshire | 25 | 15 | 15 |
| Leicestershire | 20 | 15 | 0 |
| Lincolnshire | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Northamptonshire | 20 | 30 | 35 |
| Nottinghamshire | 20 | 10 | 10 |
| Unitary authorities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Derby | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Leicester | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Nottingham | 20 | 10 | — |
| Rutland | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Midlands | 220 | 160 | 220 |
| Shire counties | |||
| Shropshire | 5 | — | 10 |
| Staffordshire | 10 | 15 | 25 |
| Warwickshire | — | 5 | 10 |
| Worcestershire | 25 | 10 | 15 |
| Unitary authorities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Herefordshire | 5 | 10 | — |
| Stoke-On-Trent | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| Telford and Wrekin | 15 | 10 | — |
| Metropolitan districts | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Birmingham | 45 | 20 | 55 |
| Coventry | 15 | — | 15 |
| Dudley | 20 | 15 | 25 |
| Sandwell | 15 | 20 | 15 |
| Solihull | 0 | — | — |
| Walsall | 25 | 20 | 20 |
| Wolverhampton | — | 5 | — |
| East of England | 80 | 100 | 120 |
| Shire counties | |||
| Bedfordshire | 20 | 20 | 5 |
| Cambridgeshire | — | 10 | 15 |
| Essex | 5 | 15 | 30 |
| Hertfordshire | 10 | 10 | 5 |
| Norfolk | — | — | 10 |
| Suffolk | 15 | 10 | 10 |
| Unitary authorities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Luton | 25 | 20 | 15 |
| Peterborough | 0 | — | 10 |
| Southend | 0 | — | 20 |
| Thurrock | — | 5 | — |
| London | 250 | 280 | 250 |
| Inner London | |||
| Camden | 5 | — | 5 |
| City of London | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greenwich | — | 10 | — |
| Hackney | 10 | 5 | 10 |
| Hammersmith and Fulham | 5 | 5 | — |
| Islington | — | 15 | — |
| Kensington and Chelsea | 0 | 10 | — |
| Lambeth | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Lewisham | — | 15 | 10 |
| Southwark | 10 | 25 | 10 |
| Tower Hamlets | 5 | 5 | 15 |
| Wandsworth | 20 | 5 | 10 |
| Westminster | 20 | 15 | — |
| Outer London | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Barking and Dagenham | 30 | 15 | 10 |
| Barnet | 20 | 5 | — |
| Bexley | — | — | — |
| Brent | 10 | 10 | — |
| Bromley | 5 | — | — |
| Croydon | — | 10 | 10 |
| Ealing | 0 | — | — |
| Enfield | 15 | 10 | 20 |
| Haringey | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Harrow | — | 10 | 5 |
| Havering | — | — | 0 |
| Hillingdon | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| Hounslow | 5 | 15 | 15 |
| Kingston upon Thames | 0 | — | — |
| Merton | 5 | — | 15 |
| Newham | 15 | 10 | 20 |
| Redbridge | 10 | — | 0 |
| Richmond upon Thames | 10 | — | — |
| Sutton | — | — | 10 |
| Waltham Forest | 10 | — | — |
| South East | 150 | 140 | 190 |
| Shire counties | |||
| Buckinghamshire | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| East Sussex | 10 | — | 10 |
| Hampshire | 20 | 10 | 25 |
| Kent | 15 | 20 | 40 |
| Oxfordshire | 10 | — | — |
| Surrey | 15 | 25 | 35 |
| West Sussex | 10 | 10 | 15 |
| Unitary authorities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bracknell Forest | — | — | — |
| Brighton and Hove | 20 | 10 | — |
| Isle of Wight | 0 | — | 0 |
| Medway Towns | 5 | 25 | 5 |
| Milton Keynes | 15 | — | 15 |
| Portsmouth | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| Reading | 0 | — | — |
| Slough | 0 | 0 | — |
| Southampton | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| West Berkshire | 0 | — | 0 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | — | — | — |
| Wokingham | 0 | — | 0 |
| South West | 90 | 110 | 100 |
| Shire counties | |||
| Cornwall | 15 | 15 | 15 |
| Devon | 15 | 15 | — |
| Dorset | 0 | — | — |
| Gloucestershire | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Isles of Scilly | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Somerset | — | — | — |
| Wiltshire | — | 10 | — |
| Unitary authorities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bath and North East Somerset | 0 | 0 | — |
| Bournemouth | 15 | 10 | — |
| Bristol | — | 15 | 25 |
| North Somerset | 0 | 10 | — |
| Plymouth | — | 5 | 15 |
| Poole | 5 | — | 0 |
| South Gloucestershire | 10 | 10 | — |
| Swindon | — | — | — |
| Torbay | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1 Only the first occasion on which a child started to be looked after in the year has been counted. 2 Historical data may differ from older publications. This is mainly due to the implementation of amendments and corrections sent by some local authorities after the publication date of previous materials. 3 To maintain the confidentiality of each individual child, data at national level are rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000, to the nearest 10 otherwise. At regional level, the data are rounded to the nearest 10 and at local authority level data are rounded to the nearest 5. Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive are suppressed and replaced by a hyphen (—). Zero (0) is shown only when the number submitted was zero. As a consequence of our rounding and suppression figures may not sum to the total. Note: Figures are taken from the SSDA903 return which since 2003-04 covered all looked after children. | |||