Nos and ages of Children and Young People in each Western District Council Area, NISRA 2006 Mid-Year Population Estimates

Age Range	Foyle Trust	Sperrin Lakeland Trust	WHSSB Total
0-4 years	11595	8018	19631
5-9 years	12701	8797	21498
10-14 years	13084	9231	22315
15-17 years	8334	5806	14140
Total	45,714	31,852	77,566

Referrals To Social Services; 1 April 2004 - 31 March 2005*

Referrals	Foyle Trust	Sperrin Lakeland Trust	Total
Child Protection Referrals	222	102	324
Child Protection Referrals where child had no previous contact with social services	90	23	113

Referrals to Social Services by Religious Affiliation (1.4 04 - 31.3.05)

Referral by Religious Affiliation	Foyle	Sperrin	WHSSB
Church of Ireland	34	9	43
Presbyterian	44	4	48
Roman Catholic	141	56	197
Other	3	6	9
Other Christian	0	4	4
None	0	0	0
Not Known	0	22	22

Ethnicity (1.4 04 - 31.3.05)

Within Foyle Trust 99% of referrals to child protection were in respect of white children.

Within Sperrin lakeland Trust 85% of referrals to child protection were in respect of white children, 12% were either unknown or not completed.

Investigations (1.4 04 - 31.3.05)

	Foyle	Sperrin	WHSSB
No of children subject to child protection investigation	222	102	324
No of Children with a Disability	2	2	4
No. of Children investigated by Social Services only	145	76	221
No of children investigated by PSNI	8	0	8
No. of children investigated jointly by Police & Social Services	34	13*	47
Protocol Not appropriate	0	2	2
No of children/young people video interviewed (50% in Sperrin, whereas only 15.3% cases were video interviewed in Foyle).	34	51	85

* 11 of 13 Sperrin potential at risk cases which following initial assessment were not deemed appropriate to proceed to the investigation stage.

Case Conferences

	Foyle	Sperrin	WHSSB
No of children considered at Case Conferences	486	204	690
No of Families considered at Case Conferences	214	172	386

Total Number of Case Conferences

	Foyle	Sperrin	WHSSB
Initial	73	41	114
Review	141	131	272