Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

Reason for placement change during the year of CLA by characteristics - NATIONAL

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Reason for placement change for children who moved placements in the year. Includes breakdowns by gender, age, placement type, duration of placement and category of need. 

Data formerly in table B4.


Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Children looked after in England including adoptions
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Number
  • Percentage
Filters
  • Characteristic
  • Reason for placement change
Time period
2019 to 2023

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_namecla_groupcharacteristicreason_for_changenumberpercent
2023Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAge1 to 4 yearsAll Placements878015
2023Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAge1 to 4 yearsAllegation (s47)901
2023Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAge1 to 4 yearsApproval removed601
2023Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAge1 to 4 yearsCarer requests placement end other than due to child's behaviour6107
2023Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAge1 to 4 yearsCarer requests placement ends due to child's behaviour2603

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
characteristicCharacteristic
numberNumber
percentPercentage
reason_for_changeReason for placement change

Footnotes

  1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. 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. 
  2. Age at end of placement.
  3. When a child has more than one placement then each will be counted.
  4. Approval removed denotes where a setting is no longer approved/registered with the appropriate statutory body (eg Ofsted). Change in status of a placement only denotes where there is a change of status for the placement but the child remains with the same carer and there is no change to the care plan, for example if a foster carer moves house, or a foster carer working for a local authority becomes managed by an independent fostering agency.
  5. Category of need is the main category of the eight “need codes” at the time the child started to be looked after.

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