CLA during the year - placement type and locality
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Number of new placements for CLA during the year by locality of placement and distance between home and placement.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children looked after in England including adoptions
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 360
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- Characteristic
- Type of placement
- Time period
- 2021 to 2025
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | characteristic | breakdown | children_count | children_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | All new placements | 1. 20 miles or less | 60220 | 66 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | All new placements | 1.i 20 miles or less inside LA boundary | 41990 | 46 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | All new placements | 1.ii 20 miles or less outside LA boundary | 18220 | 20 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | All new placements | 2. Over 20 miles | 18870 | 21 |
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | All new placements | 2.i Over 20 miles inside LA boundary | 4310 | 5 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Characteristic |
| characteristic | Type of placement |
| children_count | Number |
| children_percent | Percentage |
Footnotes
- 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.
- Placement locality denotes whether or not the placement is within the geographical boundary of the responsible LA.
- Distance is the distance in miles between the child's home and placement. In some cases this is not known, for example UASC, or not recorded for confidentiality reasons, such as some children placed for adoption.
- Placements denotes the total number of new placements starting during the year - if a child has for example, more than one foster placement then both will be counted. Living independently includes children in residential employment. Other includes placement in residential schools and other placements
- From 28 April 2023, supported accommodation providers in England were able to register with Ofsted and it became illegal for a supported accommodation provider to operate if they had not submitted a complete application which had been accepted by 28 October 2023. For 2024, figures in the category 'Independent and semi-independent living arrangements/supported accommodation' include young people, before 28 October 2023, who were placed in former semi independent living accommodation or who formerly lived independently, and also young people in placements from 28 April 2023 onwards at a provider that had submitted a complete application to Ofsted to operate as a supported accommodation provider by the deadline.
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Looked-after children statistics team
Email: cla.stats@education.gov.ukContact name: Justin Ushie