Children
(A) NPDA (National Paediatric Diabetes Audit) information published in December 2013 indicates that "records from 25,390 children and young people with diabetes were submitted to the 2011-12 NPDA, an increase of 7.2% compared with 23,676 in 2010-11. Some of this may be a real increase in diabetes incidence. For England and Wales combined, there were a total of 25,199 children and young people under the age of 25 years cared for in Paediatric Diabetes Units..."
Source: National Paediatric Diabetes Audit
Reference: National Paediatric Diabetes Audit Report 2011-12 (December 2013), p5 of 50
Geographical: England and Wales
Age: under 25
2010/2011 data - as of 25 November 2013 this seems to be the most recent
(B) “Audit data from England and Wales were returned on 23,676 infants, children and young people under the age of 25 years with diabetes.”
Geographic location: England and Wales
Age group: Under 25 years
Source: National Paediatric Diabetes Audit
Reference: National Paediatric Diabetes Audit Report 2010-11 (September 2012)
(C) "The National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) 2010-11 identified 23,516 infants, children and young people (to age 25) in England and Wales as registered with diabetes. The vast majority of infants, children and young people have type 1 diabetes, although there is considerable variability across regions in England."
Geographic location: England and Wales
Age group: Under 25 years
Source: National Paediatric Diabetes Audit via TheyWorkForYou.com
Reference: Diabetes: Children - Health (4 March 2013)
National Diabetes Audit / IC - Paediatric reports (from 2003/2004)
YHPHO
Children and Young People Diabetes Community Health Profiles
Sources
England: Growing up with Diabetes: children and young people with diabetes in England see also our landing page for this
Wales: Diabetes in Children and Young People in Wales, Prevalence and Outcome
Scotland: Scottish Diabetes Survey 2009 - (see table 6 on page 11)
Northern Ireland: Parliamentary written answer : (N.B. type 1 estimate only for 2005)