evidence: Children in Need - at 31 March 2023, 22,875 children in Northern Ireland were known to Social Services as a child in need; [...] Children in care - at 31 March 2023, 3,801 children and young people were in care in Northern Ireland. This was the highest number recorded since the introduction of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; [...] 2. This Bulletin is the eleventh annual reporting of ‘Children’s Social Care Statistics for NI’ which replaced the ‘Children Order Statistical Tables for NI’ and ‘Children Order Statistical Trends for NI’ 3. Areas covered within the bulletin include: Children in Need, Child Protection, Children in Care, Residential Care, Day Care, Foster Carers and young people subject to Care Leaving Act, both at and for the year ending 31 March 2023. Trend analyses are presented regionally and by HSC Trusts.