FOI REF: FOI-2023-1266
You asked
Can I please request the total cost to the UK of Childhood Abuse. This should include health, education, welfare and disability costs.
We said
Thank you for your request.
Unfortunately, we do not collect or hold data on this specific topic.
You may, however, find our bulletin child abuse in England and Wales January 2020 useful in your research. The Home Office also publish a report the economic and social cost of contact child abuse which may be of interest. The Home Office FOI team can be contacted at foirequests@homeoffice.gov.uk.
Within England, Children's social care falls within the responsibility of the Department for Education so we would suggest they would be the most suitable department to contact. Their FOI team can be contacted at FOI contact form.
For information pertaining to Wales contact Requesting information from the Welsh Government (FOI requests) | GOV.WALES.
For information pertaining to Scotland contact ceu@gov.scot.
For information pertaining to Northern Ireland contact webmaster@health-ni.gov.uk.