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, such as Kent or Croydon, the figures may be impacted by significant numbers of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children looked after in England including adoptions
- Release
- Reporting year 2022
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- Characteristic
- Time period
- 2018 to 2022
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | la_name | new_la_code | cla_group | characteristic | number | percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Development assessments: Children looked after ages 0 to 4 years | Development assessments up to date | 6470 | 89 | |||||
| 2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Development assessments: Children looked after ages 0 to 4 years | Total ages 0 to 4 years | 7270 | 100 | |||||
| 2022 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | Development assessments: Children looked after ages 0 to 4 years | Development assessments up to date | 490 | 95 | |||
| 2022 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | Development assessments: Children looked after ages 0 to 4 years | Total ages 0 to 4 years | 510 | 100 | |||
| 2022 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | Development assessments: Children looked after ages 0 to 4 years | Development assessments up to date | 1340 | 86 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic | Characteristic |
| number | Number |
| percentage | Percentage |
Footnotes
- Average SDQ scores have been rounded to the nearest one decimal place. An SDQ score is required of all children aged 4-16 on the date of last assessment. Date of assessment is not collected so data in this table is restricted to children aged 5 to 16 years. A higher score indicates more emotional difficulties. 0-13 is considered normal, 14-16 is borderline cause for concern and 17-40 is cause for concern.
- Figures include children who have been continuously looked after for at least 12 months on 31 March and exclude children who were looked after under an agreed series of short term placements. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Age is on 31 March. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
- Development assessment information is collected for children aged 4 or younger on 31 March who were looked after continuously for at least 12 months. This measures whether the child's health surveillance or health promotion checks were up to date.
- Latest available comparable offending figures from the Ministry of Justice for all children are for 2017 where 1% of all children aged 10-17 years were convicted or subject to youth cautions, or youth conditional cautions during the year.
- Substance misuse is defined as 'intoxication by (or regular excessive consumption and/or dependence on) psychoactive substances, leading to social, psychological, physical or legal problems'. It includes problematic use of both legal and illegal drugs (including alcohol when used in conjunction with other substances). The term 'drug' is used to refer to any psychotropic substance, including illegal drugs, illicit use of prescription drugs and volatile substances. Young people's drug taking is often inextricably linked with the consumption of alcohol. Therefore the term 'substance' refers to both drugs and alcohol but not tobacco.
- 'Had annual health assessment' records whether the child received their annual health assessment from a doctor or other suitably qualified professional during the year. Both assessments must be carried out for under fives (once in every six months before the child's fifth birthday). For fives and over a single assessment fulfils the requirement.
- 'Teeth checked by dentist' records whether the child has had their teeth checked by a dentist in the year ending 31 March
- Immunisations were up to date by end of March. 'Up to date' means the child has had all immunisations that a child of their age should have received, according to the immunisations timetable produced by the Department of Health.
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