Data set from Children in need

C1 Referrals and re-referrals to children's social care services by local authority, England 2013 to 2021

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Published 28 October 2021

Last updated 28 October 2021

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 2021
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of children with a referral in the year
  • Number of children with a referral within 12 months of a previous referral
  • Number of children with a referral within 12 months of a previous referral (%)
• Time period: 2013 to 2021

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

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
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Referrals and Re-referrals	597760	494.3	135850	22.7	35620	6	182070	30.5	529490	437.8	112740	21.3
2021	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Referrals and Re-referrals	30160	565.1	6530	21.6	290	0.9	8420	27.9	27040	506.7	5600	20.7
2021	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Referrals and Re-referrals	81410	518	18080	22.2	2960	3.6	23200	28.5	72580	461.8	15320	21.1
2021	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and The Humber				Referrals and Re-referrals	64040	545.3	14450	22.6	2790	4.4	18500	28.9	57210	487.2	12190	21.3
2021	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Referrals and Re-referrals	55740	553	14040	25.2	5170	9.3	22000	39.5	48280	479.1	11280	23.4

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 12 variables

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

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Footnotes

1. If a child has more than one referral in a reporting year, then each referral is counted.
2. There is significant variation between local authorities in the number of referrals which resulted in no further action without an assessment taking place. This variation is a result of differences in local reporting practices.
3. Rates per 10,000 of the population of children aged under 18 years are calculated using Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid-year population estimates for children aged 0 to 17 years in England.
4. Data for the year ending 31 March 2021 is not available for Hackney local authority, therefore 2020 data for Hackney has been included in the 2021 national totals and regional totals for inner London and London. Refer to the methodology section for more information.
5. There is significant variation between local authorities in the number of referrals which resulted in assessment where the child was assessed as not in need and no further action was taken after the assessment. This variation is a result of differences in local reporting practices.

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