Tables produced by the Child Abuse Data Task and Finish Group

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Under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide me with a full copy of the ‘mocked-up tables’ made by the Child Abuse Data Task & Finish Group, as referred to here:

https://www.statisticsauthority.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/National-Statisticians-Crime-Statistics-Advisory-Committee-11-May-2017.pdf

‘Following the review of potential data supplied by the DfE, a group of summary tables indicating the range of data available were mocked up by the group to show how these tables may look in a future publication. These tables have been made available separately alongside this paper.’

Please also send me the list of ‘child cybercrime questions’ referred to here:

‘ONS have recently initiated a programme of work to include questions on elements of child cybercrime into the child survey of 10 to 15 year olds to provide further evidence in this area. This would include crimes such as “sexting”, online bullying and online grooming. If successful, the aim is to introduce new questions into the CSEW child questionnaire from October 2017.’

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

Please find the summary ‘mocked-up tables’ made by the Child Abuse Data Task and Finish Group that you have requested. These are tables that are under development and were provided to the Committee as an illustration of what might be possible to promote discussion around potential future content of a compendium statistical report on child abuse.

These tables were not prepared for publication and they do not purport to provide accurate data. Where the mock-ups contain figures these numbers were sourced from tables published by the Department of Education (DfE) from the “Children in Need Census”. However, we have not subjected our transcription of those figures into our specimen tables in the way we would usually do for official statistics.

With regard to the questions for possible inclusion in the 10 to 15 year old component of the Crime Survey for England and Wales, these cover asking respondents about:

• their use of the internet,
• their feelings of safety and perception of risk when online,
• whether they have spoken or met any strangers online,
• whether they have sent or received images online; and,
• their online security.

These questions continue to be under development and may still change. It is our current intention to introduce the new questions onto the survey from October 2018 subject to successful testing with both children and parents.