Children starting to be looked after
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Number of children starting to be looked after as reported in the ‘vulnerable children and young people’ survey and a 3-year average of children starting to be looked after in the same week across 2017 to 2020.
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Data set details
- Theme
- COVID-19
- Publication
- Vulnerable children and young people survey
- Release
- July 2022
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of children that started to be looked after at the same time in 2017-20
- Number of children that started to be looked after in survey wave
- Filters
- Wave
- Time period
- 2020 to 2022
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | wave | number_of_children_starting_to_be_looked_after_in_survey_wave | number_of_children_starting_to_be_looked_after_in_the_same_week_in_201720 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 1 (27 April - 03 May) | 349 | 559.3333333 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 2 (11-17 May) | 344 | 620.6666667 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 3 (18-24 June) | 467 | 640 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 4 (01-07 June) | 477 | 587.3333333 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 5 (15-21 June) | 476 | 687.6666667 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| number_of_children_starting_to_be_looked_after_in_survey_wave | Number of children that started to be looked after in survey wave |
| number_of_children_starting_to_be_looked_after_in_the_same_week_in_201720 | Number of children that started to be looked after at the same time in 2017-20 |
| wave | Wave |
Footnotes
- The figures from 18 May onwards are not directly comparable to earlier waves.
- See Methodology for the number of local authorities that responded to the question per wave.
- Comparator data was only included for LAs that responded to each wave.
- The survey was collected on a fortnightly basis between May 2020 and March 2021, a monthly basis between April and December 2021, fortnightly in January 2022 and then returned to monthly from February 2022. There was no collection during August 2021.
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