This short quiz addresses children and young people's human rights in England and developments in 2010. It is based on CRAE's State of Children's Rights in England report. The download version includes detailed notes and references.

1. The rights quiz 2010
A good year for children and young people’s
rights to improved outcomes in England?
State of Children’s Rights in England, November 2010
www.crae.org.uk
Quiz at www.practicalparticipation.co.uk

2. Being healthy
What % of children and young people have mental
health problems requiring professional help in
England?
A. 1%
B. 11%
C. 40%

3. Being healthy
What % of children and young people have mental
health problems requiring professional help in
England?
A. 1%
B. 11%
C. 40%
Answer: B – 11%

4. The rate of teenage pregnancies is:
A. The highest in Western Europe
B. In the middle
C. The lowest in Western Europe

5. The rate of teenage pregnancies is:
A. The highest in Western Europe
B. In the middle
C. The lowest in Western Europe
Answer: A – the highest

6. Staying safe
How many children and young people die in the
home each year because of neglect or abuse from
someone they know well?
A. Up to 10 a year (one a month)
B. Up to 80 a year (between one and two a week)
C. Up to 360 a year (about one a day)

7. Staying safe
How many children and young people die in the
home each year because of neglect or abuse from
someone they know well?
A. Up to 10 a year (one a month)
B. Up to 80 a year (between one and two a week)
C. Up to 360 a year (about one a day)
Answer: B – up to 80 a year, or 2 a week

8. Which is the biggest killer of 12-16 year olds
in England?
A. Childhood diseases
B. Murder
C. Traffic

9. Which is the biggest killer of 12-16 year olds
in England?
A. Childhood diseases
B. Murder
C. Traffic
Answer: C – traffic

10. Who said conditions in our young offender
institutions are “unacceptable in a civilised
society” and “institutionalised child abuse.”
A. The Chief Inspector of Prisons
B. The media
C. The Home Secretary

11. Who said conditions in our young offender
institutions are “unacceptable in a civilised
society” and “institutionalised child abuse.”
A. The Chief Inspector of Prisons
B. The media
C. The Home Secretary
Answer: A

12. How many young people have died in youth
custody between 1990 and 2010?
A. 30
B. 12
C. 2
Bonus question: how many public enquiries
into these deaths has the Home Secretary
put in place?

13. How many young people have died in youth
custody between 1990 and 2010?
A. 30
B. 12
C. 2
Bonus question: how many public enquiries
into these deaths has the Home Secretary
put in place?
Answer: A – 30 and no public enquiry
(only Coroners' reports and Child Death Reviews)

14. Enjoying and achieving
6550 children and young people were permanently
excluded from school in 2010
( A drop of 19.4%)
What % of those were 11 years old or under?
A. About 11%
B. About 1.3%
C. About 33%

15. Enjoying and achieving
6550 children and young people were permanently
excluded from school in 2010
( A drop of 19.4%)
What % of those were 11 years old or under?
A. About 11%
B. About 1.3%
C. About 33%
Answer: A – about 11%

16. What % of school exclusions are for children and
young people with special educational needs?
A. 33%
B. 75%
C. 3%

17. What % of school exclusions are for children and
young people with special educational needs?
A. 33%
B. 75%
C. 3%
Answer: B – 75%

18. Local authorities are the legal parent of about 60,900
children and young people. What % have no GCSEs
or GNVQs?
A. 51%
B. 31%
C. 11%

19. Local authorities are the legal parent of about 60,900
children and young people. What % have no GCSEs
or GNVQs?
A. 51%
B. 31%
C. 11%
Answer: C – 31% (improved from 51% in 1999)

20. Economic well-being
The UK is the sixth richest country in the world, yet
what % of our children and young people live in
relative poverty in England?
A. 10% (1.1 million)
B. 33% (3.5 million)
C. 50% (5.5 million)

21. Economic well-being
The UK is the sixth richest country in the world, yet
what % of our children and young people live in
relative poverty in England?
A. 10% (1.1 million)
B. 33% (3.5 million)
C. 50% (5.5 million)
Answer: B – 33%
(A rise for the fifth year running after reduction between
1998 and 2005)

22. Asylum seeking families get what level of
benefits as other poor families?
A. The same – asylum seeking children have the
same rights in law
B. About 30% more due to their exceptional needs
C. About 30% less

23. Asylum seeking families get what level of
benefits as other poor families?
A. The same – asylum seeking children have the
same rights in law
B. About 30% more due to their exceptional needs
C. About 30% less
Answer: C – 30% less

24. What’s the life expectancy gap at birth between
rich and poor in England?
A. 5 years
B. 15 years
C. 55 years

25. What’s the life expectancy gap at birth between
rich and poor in England?
A. 5 years
B. 15 years
C. 55 years
Answer: B – 15 years

26. Making a positive contribution
Government statistics indicate youth crime has
gone down each year for the last 12 years.
Has the % of young people entering the criminal
justice system, therefore:
A. Gone down by 27%
B. Stayed the same
C. Gone up by 27%

27. Making a positive contribution
Government statistics indicate youth crime has
gone down each year for the last 12 years.
Has the % of young people entering the criminal
justice system, therefore:
A. Gone down by 27%
B. Stayed the same
C. Gone up by 27%
Answer: C

28. 64% of young people breach their ASBOs. What % of
these young people then end up in prison for these
breaches?
A. 0% – ASBOs are not criminal convictions
B. 71%
C. 41%

29. 64% of young people breach their ASBOs. What % of
these young people then end up in prison for these
breaches?
A. 0% – ASBOs are not criminal convictions
B. 71%
C. 41%
Answer: C (a total of 1,253 children and young people
between 2000 and 2008; no later figures)

30. In Ofsted’s Tellus survey among years 8 and 10, what
% felt their views were listened to and that these made
a difference to decision making in their local area?
A. 28%
B. 48%%
C. 82%

31. In Ofsted’s Tellus survey among years 8 and 10, what
% felt their views were listened to and that these made
a difference to decision making in their local area?
A. 28%
B. 48%%
C. 82%
Answer: A – 28%

32. “The children left behind”
In a recent UNICEF study of 24 developed nations,
equality for children and young people in the UK
ranked:
A. 8th
B. 14th
C. 22nd

33. “The children left behind”
In a recent UNICEF study of 24 developed nations,
equality for children and young people in the UK
ranked:
A. 8th
B. 14th
C. 22nd
Answer: B

34. A good year for children and young
people’s human rights?
In 2010, the UK government made significant progress on
how many of the 118 legally binding recommendations on
children and young people’s human rights from the UN
Committee on the Rights of the Child?
A. 9
B. 29
C. 69

35. A good year for children and young
people’s human rights?
In 2010, the UK government made significant progress on
how many of the 118 legally binding recommendations on
children and young people’s human rights from the UN
Committee on the Rights of the Child?
A. 9
B. 29
C. 69
A. 9 (8%)

36. Improving outcomes for children and
young people in England?
“Children and young people’s human rights
are not a pick and mix assortment of luxury
entitlements, but the very foundation of
democratic societies.”
Alvaro Gil-Robles,
Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner
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