➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway
United Kingdom: Big Issue: Why has there been an increase in reports of child neglect in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire?
Sentinel (UK) – August 23, 2017
The statistics, which are broken down into local authority areas, show the helpline received 255 reports of child neglect in the Staffordshire County Council area during 2016/17. This was up from 104 in 2011/12 – an increase of 145 per cent.
http://www.stokesentinel.co.uk/news/local-news/big-issue-been-increase-reports-369752