Abuse of Vulnerable Adults in England

This report contains information on alerts and referrals to adult social care safeguarding teams in England derived from the Abuse of Vulnerable Adults (AVA) data collection. It presents a variety of information on aspects of the safeguarding process. Please note that this report is being made available to the public as Experimental Statistics, which is defined in the UK Statistics Authority Code of Practice for Official Statistics as new official statistics undergoing evaluation. They are published in order to involve stakeholders in their development. Note that this publication has been replaced by the Safeguarding Adults Return (link in additional resources)