Supervision orders, total

The total number of young people (aged 0-17 years) under a supervision order on 31 December of the year concerned.

A supervision order restricts parental authority. The child's parents receive help and support from a family guardian of the youth welfare services, or a national institution for (family) guardianship. The child may either continue to live with its parents, or may be moved to foster care or a home, but the parents retain parental authority. They are obliged to carry out the instructions of the family guardian.

Data available from 2000.

Source: Statistics Netherlands, judicial child protection statistics.