Scottish Exchange of Data: child protection
Information and documentation relating to the provision of data for the annual Child Protection data collection.
Background
This is an annual data collection with the results being used to monitor policy issues arising around child protection, including the number of child protection investigations, case conferences, registrations, de-registrations and the number of children on child protection registers. Child protection data is usually published annually.
From the 2012-13 reporting year onwards, the survey has been individual-level and you will only be required to follow and complete one submission process via ProcXed.
Key Information
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Nature of Exchange |
Local authority social work to Scottish Government |
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Level |
Individual children |
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Coverage |
1 August 2024 to 31 July 2025 |
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Submission to Scottish Government |
24 October 2025 |
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Month of publication |
March |
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Method |
ProcXed |
We have published the looked after children, child protection, and secure units statistics privacy notices and data sharing statements.
Survey documents
Click on the links below to download the 2025 survey guidance, data specification and new 2025 XLS template for uploading data to ProcXed.
The format of the template has been changed so please follow the guidance on the cover worksheet tab of the template to populate, save and upload to ProcXed.
To download the template please right click and select "Save link as..." and save the file to your computer. Navigate to the folder you saved the file to and open from there. Data can be entered on this file.
If you have any queries please contact ScotXed@gov.scot.
