Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

Official Statistics - CLA who were away from placement without authorisation - NATIONAL

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Note: These statistics are published as Official Statistics. Users should be cautious making comparisons between local authorities, or across years due to changing reporting practices - see the methodology document for further information.

Children looked after who were  away from their placement without authorisation. Figures by duration of  period away from their placement without authorisation, placement  and age of child at the start of the incident. Data formerly in table G1.


Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Children looked after in England including adoptions
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Measure
Filters
  • Children looked after who were away from placement
Time period
2018 to 2021

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_namemissing_statuscharacteristicnumber
2018Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandChildren away from placement without authorisation by genderFemales1650
2018Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandChildren away from placement without authorisation by genderMales2220
2018Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandChildren away from placement without authorisation by genderTotal children who were away from placement without authorisation during the year3870
2019Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandChildren away from placement without authorisation by genderFemales1580
2019Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandChildren away from placement without authorisation by genderMales2020

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 2 variables
Variable nameVariable description
characteristicChildren looked after who were away from placement - by missing status
numberMeasure

Footnotes

  1. Since 2017 a growing number of local authorities informed the department that they do not record incidents as 'away without authorisation' but instead report all incidents as 'missing' to maintain consistency with local police reporting. We estimate this could mean an overestimate of missing incidents of up to 8% in 2018, 10% in 2019 and 13% in 2020 and 2021; suggesting the true figures could be more like 10,700, 10,800, 11,000 and 9,600. There is a corresponding estimate of an undercount of away without authorisation incidents of up to 18% in 2018, 22% in 2019, 29% in 2020 and 32% in 2021; suggesting the true figures could be more like 4,700, 4,700, 4,800 and 3,800. However some of these local authorities submitted some 'away without authorisation' information and this has been included in the away from placement without authorisation table.
  2. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. See the methodology document for further information. 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.
  3. Figures for 2021 exclude data for Hackney who were unable to provide figures.

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