Data set from Children in need

C1 Children in Need Referrals and Rereferrals

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Referrals to children's social care services, referrals which resulted in no further action, referrals which were assessed and resulted in no further action, children referred and where the referral was within 12 months of a previous referral, in the year ending 31 March.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2020
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of children with a referral in the year
  • Number of children with a referral within 12 months of a previous referral
  • Number of children with a referral within 12 months of a previous referral (%)
• Time period: 2013 to 2020

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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	Referrals	Referrals_rate	Re_referrals	Re_referrals_percent	No_Further_Action	No_Further_Action_percent	Not_in_Need	Not_in_Need_percent	Referrals_child	Referrals_child_rate	Re_referrals_child	Re_referrals_child_percent
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Referrals and Re-referrals	642980	534.8	145390	22.6	40400	6.3	194190	30.2	568600	472.9	121150	21.3
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Referrals and Re-referrals	33960	638.2	7610	22.4	610	1.8	10800	31.8	30160	566.9	6450	21.4
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Referrals and Re-referrals	86500	553.2	19060	22	3910	4.5	24570	28.4	77130	493.3	16250	21.1
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and the Humber				Referrals and Re-referrals	72570	620.2	17240	23.8	4130	5.7	18340	25.3	63910	546.3	14450	22.6
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Referrals and Re-referrals	60160	600	15420	25.6	6250	10.4	22510	37.4	51830	516.9	12440	24

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables

Variable name	Variable description
No_Further_Action	Referrals which resulted in no further action
No_Further_Action_percent	Referrals which resulted in no further action (%)
Not_in_Need	Referrals which resulted in an assessment and the child was assessed not to be in need
Not_in_Need_percent	Referrals which resulted in an assessment and the child was assessed not to be in need (%)
Re_referrals	Re-referrals within 12 months of a previous referral

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Footnotes

1. A referral is defined as a request for services to be provided by children’s social care and is in respect of a child who is not currently in need.
2. If a child has more than one referral in a reporting year, then each referral is counted.
3. Recording of referral outcomes varies between local authorities, because of differences in local reporting practices. This means there may be considerable variation at local authority level in the number of referrals recorded as no further action, and those resulting in an assessment and the child was assessed not to be in need.
4. Re-referrals for the year ending 31 March 2020 exclude Dorset and Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local authorities due to the reorganisation of these areas from 1 April 2019. This means national re-referral figures for 2020 are not directly comparable with earlier years.
5. Rates per 10,000 of the population of children aged under 18 years are calculated using Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid-year population estimates for children aged 0 to 17 years in England.

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