Number of children and young people on the child protection register: by category of abuse, 2005/06, United Kingdom
• At March 2006 there were 32,100 children on child protection registers in the UK. Nearly half of all cases were due to neglect. (Table 8.20)
• In 2006/07, social security benefit expenditure in the UK was £134 billion, over twice the amount in 1978/79, in real terms. (Figure 8.1)
• In 2005/06 local authorities in England spent £19.3 billion on personal social services, 43 per cent was directed at older people and 25 per cent was directed at children and families. (Figure 8.4) Latest information on personal social services
• The top 500 fundraising charities in the UK spent more than £3 billion on social protection in 2005/06. Children's charities spent the most at £669 million. (Figure 8.6)
• In 2006, 82 per cent of people questioned in Great Britain believed that waiting times for appointments with hospital consultants were in need of a lot of, or some, improvement. (Table 8.14)
• In 2005/06, 39 per cent of single male and 46 per cent of single female pensioners in the UK received income-related benefits, compared with 21 per cent of pensioner couples. (Table 8.16)
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