Care leavers (now 17-21 years)
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Care leavers, by sex, whether the LA was in touch with the young person, activity, accommodation and suitability of accommodation and former UASC status.
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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
- 1,800
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- Age of care leaver
- Breakdown
- Time period
- 2021 to 2025
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | care_leaver_age | measure | breakdown | care_leaver_count | care_leaver_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 17 years | Accommodation of care leaver | Bed and breakfast | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 17 years | Accommodation of care leaver | Community home | c | c |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 17 years | Accommodation of care leaver | Deported | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 17 years | Accommodation of care leaver | Emergency accommodation | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 17 years | Accommodation of care leaver | Foyers | c | c |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Breakdown |
| care_leaver_age | Age of care leaver |
| care_leaver_count | Number |
| care_leaver_percent | Percentage |
Footnotes
- Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures in some tables may be suppressed, denoted by a 'c', percentages <0.5% are denoted by a 'k'. Figures exclude young people who were looked after under an agreed series of short term placements, those who have died since leaving care, those who have returned home to parents or someone with parental responsibility for a continuous period of at least 6 months and those whose care was transferred to another local authority. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
- Local authority not in touch' excludes young people where activity information is known, as a third party provided it even though the local authority is not directly in touch with the young person.
- Accommodation suitable/not suitable figures also exclude young people who have gone abroad, been deported or their residence is not know as in these cases the suitability of the accommodation will be unknown. This means the total of care leavers in this table will be slightly lower than the total in the care leaver accommodation table. Regulation 9(2) of the Care Leavers Regulations defines what is meant by 'Suitable accommodation'. 'No information' includes young people whose accommodation is not known because either the local authority is not in touch, or the young person has refused contact or no longer requires services.
- In touch, activity and accommodation information for 17-21 year old care leavers relates to contact around their birthday. Users looking for a longer time series may wish to check for the equivalent table in earlier releases of this publication. Figures for the number of care leavers who have died each year can be found in the methodology document.
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If you have a specific enquiry about Care leavers (now 17-21 years) statistics and data:
Looked-after children statistics team
Email: cla.stats@education.gov.ukContact name: Justin Ushie