C1 Referrals and re-referrals to children's social care services by local authority
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Referrals to children's social care services, referrals within 12 months of a previous referral, referrals which resulted in no further action and referrals which were assessed and resulted in no further action.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children in need
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Referrals in the year
- Number of children with a referral in the year
- Rate of referrals in the year per 10000 children aged under 18 years
- Time period
- 2013 to 2024
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| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Referrals and Re-referrals | 621880 | 518.3 | 139080 | 22.4 | 38920 | 6.3 | 188300 | 30.3 | 551060 | 459.3 | 115550 | 21 | |||||
| 2024 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | Referrals and Re-referrals | 32050 | 598.8 | 7120 | 22.2 | 670 | 2.1 | 9300 | 29 | 28610 | 534.6 | 6090 | 21.3 | |||
| 2024 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | Referrals and Re-referrals | 81950 | 512.4 | 17400 | 21.2 | 4420 | 5.4 | 22380 | 27.3 | 73050 | 456.7 | 14800 | 20.3 | |||
| 2024 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | Referrals and Re-referrals | 62800 | 539.1 | 13620 | 21.7 | 3060 | 4.9 | 19170 | 30.5 | 56100 | 481.5 | 11510 | 20.5 | |||
| 2024 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Referrals and Re-referrals | 56190 | 552.9 | 14550 | 25.9 | 5020 | 8.9 | 21220 | 37.8 | 48380 | 476 | 11720 | 24.2 |
Variables in this data set
| 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 |
Footnotes
- Rates per 10,000 children are calculated based on ONS mid-year population estimates for children aged 0 to 17 years. Revised/new population estimates for 2012 to 2022, based on 2021 Census data, were used to calculate revised rates for 2013 to 2023 in this publication.
- Data for the years ending 31 March 2021 and 2022 is not available for Hackney local authority, therefore 2020 data for Hackney has been included in the 2021 and 2022 national totals and regional totals. Data for the year ending 31 March 2024 is not available for Hampshire local authority, therefore 2023 data for Hampshire has been included in the 2024 national and regional totals. Refer to the methodology page for more information.
- There is significant variation between local authorities in the number of referrals which resulted in no further action without an assessment taking place. This is likely to be explained by differences in local practice.
- There is significant variation between local authorities in the number of referrals which resulted in the child being assessed as not in need. This is likely to be explained by differences in local practice.
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