Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

CLA for 12 months, conviction and health outcomes - LA

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Local authority level data for children looked after on 31 March for at least 12 months, by OC2 indicators. These are whether the child was convicted or subject to youth cautions, or youth conditional cautions during the year, was identified as having a substance misuse problem, and if so, if they were offered an intervention and if they refused it, had their annual health assessment, had their immunisations up to date, had their teeth checked by a dentist, had their development assessments are up to date, if they were under 5 years old. And also information on Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) scores. For some local authorities, the figures may be impacted by significant numbers of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Children looked after in England including adoptions
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Number
  • Percentage
Filters
  • Characteristic
Time period
2020 to 2024

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codela_namenew_la_codecla_groupcharacteristicnumberpercentage
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandDevelopment assessments: Children looked after ages 0 to 4 yearsDevelopment assessments up to date598088
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandDevelopment assessments: Children looked after ages 0 to 4 yearsTotal ages 0 to 4 years6820100
2024Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North EastDevelopment assessments: Children looked after ages 0 to 4 yearsDevelopment assessments up to date38087
2024Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000001North EastDevelopment assessments: Children looked after ages 0 to 4 yearsTotal ages 0 to 4 years440100
2024Reporting yearRegionalE92000001EnglandE12000002North WestDevelopment assessments: Children looked after ages 0 to 4 yearsDevelopment assessments up to date118086

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables
Variable nameVariable description
characteristicCharacteristic
numberNumber
percentagePercentage

Footnotes

  1. 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' . Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication. However, users looking for a longer time series may wish to check for the equivalent table in earlier releases of this publication. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements.
  2. National and regional 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'. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication. However, users looking for a longer time series may wish to check for the equivalent table in earlier releases of this publication. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements.
  3. Users should be cautious when using the EES platform to create a table from this dataset for average SDQ scores. These averages are provided to 1 decimal place in the csv file, however due to the structure of the file the EES platform will round the averages in a table. You are strongly advised to cross check any SDQ averages in tables created using the EES platform to the underlying data file.
  4. Hampshire local authority reported some missing immunisation data and data quality issues with other health outcomes information due to a new records management system in 2024.

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