Data set from Children in need

B1 Children in need and episodes of need by local authority

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Published 27 October 2022

Last updated 27 October 2022

Children in need episodes at any point during the year, episodes starting and ending in the year and children in need at 31 March.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Number of rows: 1,638
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Children ending an episode of need in the year
  • Children in need at 31 March
  • Children in need at 31 March who are awaiting assessment or do not require an assessment
  • Children starting an episode of need in the year
  • Children with an episode of need at any point during the year
  • Episodes of need at any point during the year
  • Episodes of need ending in the year
  • Episodes of need starting in the year
  • Rate of children ending an episode of need in the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
  • Rate of children in need at 31 March per 10000 children aged under 18 years
  • Rate of children in need at 31 March who are awaiting assessment or do not require assessment per 10000 children aged under 18 years
  • Rate of children starting an episode of need in the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
  • Rate of children with an episode of need at any point during the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
  • Rate of episodes ending in the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
  • Rate of episodes of need at any point during the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
  • Rate of episodes of need starting in the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
• Time period: 2013 to 2022

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	category	Anypoint_episodes	Anypoint_episodes_rate	Anypoint_child	Anypoint_child_rate	Started_episodes	Started_episodes_rate	Started_child	Started_child_rate	Ended_episodes	Ended_episodes_rate	Ended_child	Ended_child_rate	At31_episodes	At31_episodes_rate	Awaiting_assessment	Awaiting_assessment_rate
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Children in Need	764150	631.9	710720	587.7	413320	341.8	385950	319.1	359830	297.5	338780	280.1	404310	334.3	18160	15
2022	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Children in Need	46820	877.4	43490	815	23800	446.1	22170	415.5	21710	406.7	20600	386.1	25120	470.7	460	8.7
2022	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Children in Need	111510	709.5	103920	661.2	56980	362.6	53220	338.7	51110	325.2	48400	308	60390	384.3	2140	13.6
2022	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Children in Need	80180	682.7	74780	636.8	43910	373.9	41390	352.4	38580	328.5	36690	312.4	41600	354.2	1900	16.2
2022	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Children in Need	54880	544.5	51090	506.9	29450	292.2	27620	274	26060	258.5	24730	245.4	28820	285.9	1550	15.4

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 16 variables

Variable name	Variable description
Anypoint_child	Children with an episode of need at any point during the year
Anypoint_child_rate	Rate of children with an episode of need at any point during the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
Anypoint_episodes	Episodes of need at any point during the year
Anypoint_episodes_rate	Rate of episodes of need at any point during the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
At31_episodes	Children in need at 31 March
At31_episodes_rate	Rate of children in need at 31 March per 10000 children aged under 18 years
Awaiting_assessment	Children in need at 31 March who are awaiting assessment or do not require an assessment
Awaiting_assessment_rate	Rate of children in need at 31 March who are awaiting assessment or do not require assessment per 10000 children aged under 18 years
Ended_child	Children ending an episode of need in the year
Ended_child_rate	Rate of children ending an episode of need in the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
Ended_episodes	Episodes of need ending in the year
Ended_episodes_rate	Rate of episodes ending in the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
Started_child	Children starting an episode of need in the year
Started_child_rate	Rate of children starting an episode of need in the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
Started_episodes	Episodes of need starting in the year
Started_episodes_rate	Rate of episodes of need starting in the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years

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Footnotes

1. A child can have more than one episode of need throughout the year, but episodes should not overlap.
2. Rates per 10,000 children are calculated based on ONS mid-year population estimates for children aged 0 to 17 years.
3. Data for the years ending 31 March 2021 and 2022 is not available for Hackney local authority, therefore 2020 data for Hackney has been included in 2021 and 2022 national totals, and regional totals for inner London and London. Refer to the methodology section for more information.

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