Data set from Children looked after: A focus on placement location

Median distance for CLA placement locality

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The average (median) distance from home for all children looked after, children looked after inside the LA boundary and children looked after outside the LA boundary.

Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Children looked after: A focus on placement location
Release type
Number of rows
30
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Median distance
Filters
  • CLA placement locality
Time period
2015 to 2024

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_namecountry_codecla_categorymedian_distance
2015Reporting yearNationalEnglandE92000001All CLA5.8
2015Reporting yearNationalEnglandE92000001CLA placed inside the LA boundary3.3
2015Reporting yearNationalEnglandE92000001CLA placed outside the LA boundary13.2
2016Reporting yearNationalEnglandE92000001All CLA5.9
2016Reporting yearNationalEnglandE92000001CLA placed inside the LA boundary3.3

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 2 variables
Variable nameVariable description
cla_categoryCLA placement locality
median_distanceMedian distance

Footnotes

  1. The average distance relates to the median average.

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