Data set from Children accommodated in secure children's homes

SCH characteristics 2020

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Published 17 September 2020

Last updated 17 September 2020

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Data set details

Theme: Children's social care
Publication: Children accommodated in secure children's homes
Release: Reporting year 2020
Release type
Geographic levels: National
Indicators: Number of children accommodated
Percentage
Filters: Age of child
Gender
Length of stay
Time period: 2010 to 2020

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	gender	age	length_of_stay	type_of_placement	children_accommodated	percentage
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Total	171	100
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Custody Service	75	44
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context	15	9
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Total	Total	Total	Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds	81	47
2020	Reporting year	National	K04000001	England and Wales	Total	Total	Total	Total	184	100

Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables
Variable name	Variable description
age	Age of child
children_accommodated	Number of children accommodated
gender	Gender
length_of_stay	Length of stay
percentage	Percentage

Footnotes

Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number and categories may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
'c' denotes figures suppressed to preserve confidentiality.

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