Child protection and child’s best interests Temporary protective measures

Protective measures for children and young people, from 1995, by type
Year	total	of which
Year	total	taking into care - temporary measures (in acc. with Section 42a of the Social Code, Book VIII)	taking into care - regular measures (in acc. with Section 42 of the Social Code, Book VIII)
1: Due to the high workload of the youth welfare offices resulting from the large number of minors who had entered Germany unaccompanied, the information value of the data for 2015 and 2016 may be limited. 2: From 2017: Children/young people may have been counted twice, for instance, if they were first taken into care temporarily in accordance with Section 42a of the Social Code, Book VIII and then regularly in accordance with Section 42 (1) no. 3 of the Social Code, Book VIII. X = Cell blocked for logical reasons.
1995	23 432	X	23 432
1996	28 052	X	28 052
1997	31 807	X	31 807
1998	31 415	X	31 415
1999	31 645	X	31 645
2000	31 124	X	31 124
2001	31 438	X	31 438
2002	28 887	X	28 887
2003	27 378	X	27 378
2004	25 916	X	25 916
2005	25 664	X	25 664
2006	25 998	X	25 998
2007	28 192	X	28 192
2008	32 253	X	32 253
2009	33 710	X	33 710
2010	36 343	X	36 343
2011	38 481	X	38 481
2012	40 227	X	40 227
2013	42 123	X	42 123
2014	48 059	X	48 059
2015¹	77 645	X	77 645
2016¹	84 230	X	84 230
2017²	61 383	11 101	50.282
2018²	52 590	6 385	46 205
2019²	49 510	4 886	44 624
2020²	45 444	4 565	40 879
2021²	47 523	7 279	40 244

As at 27 July 2022

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