Duration of placements ceasing during the year - by placement type
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Duration of placements ceasing during the year, by placement type.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children looked after in England including adoptions
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 495
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- Duration of placements
- Placement type
- Time period
- 2021 to 2025
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | characteristic | breakdown | placement_count | placement_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 1 to 7 days | All placements | 10710 | 12 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 1 to 7 days | Foster placements | 6530 | 13 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 1 to 7 days | Independent and semi-independent living arrangements/supported accommodation | 1210 | 9 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 1 to 7 days | Other placement | 1300 | 14 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 1 to 7 days | Other residential settings | 860 | 23 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Placement type |
| characteristic | Duration of placements |
| placement_count | Number |
| placement_percent | Percentage |
Footnotes
- Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages and averages rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures in some tables may be suppressed, denoted by a 'c'. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
- A placement may cease but the child will continue to be looked after if a new placement begins immediately. This table gives counts of placements, not children. If a child has more than one placement in the year then each will be included.
- Analysis of revisions in previous years suggests that total numbers of placements ceasing in the latest year are often revised upwards by around 10,000 the following year as information is updated on LA systems.
- From 28 April 2023, supported accommodation providers in England were able to register with Ofsted and it became illegal for a supported accommodation provider to operate if they had not submitted a complete application which had been accepted by 28 October 2023. For 2024, figures in the category 'Independent and semi-independent living arrangements/supported accommodation' include young people, before 28 October 2023, who were placed in former semi independent living accommodation or who formerly lived independently, and also young people in placements from 28 April 2023 onwards at a provider that had submitted a complete application to Ofsted to operate as a supported accommodation provider by the deadline.
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