Reregistrations

20 of the 72 children who were registered  in Bath & North East Somerset during 2007/08 had already been on the Bath & North East Somerset child protection register; this represented a re-registration rate of 28%, the highest rate since recording began in 1997, see figure 9. 

Comparison with ‘like’ local authorities for 2006/07 shows that the Bath & North East Somerset re-registration rate (12%) was then below both the group average (15%) and the England average (13%), see figure 10.

Initial case conferences

During the year 2007/08 121 children were the subject of initial case conferences; the highest result ever, see figure 11.

Compared to ‘like’ local authorities the Bath & North East Somerset 2006/07 rate (23 children per 10,000) for initial case conferences was below the average for the comparator group (29 children per 10,000) and the average for England (36 children per 10,000), see figure 12.