Data set from Children in need

A1 Children in Need, Referrals and Assessments

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Children in need, episodes of need, referrals and assessments completed by children's social care services.


Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Children in need
Release type
Geographic levels
National
Indicators
  • Number
  • Percentage
  • Rate per 10,000 children aged under 18 years
Filters
  • Category type
Time period
2013 to 2020

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_namecategorycategory_typenumberratepercent
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandChildren in NeedEpisodes of need at any point in the year760330632.4z
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandChildren in NeedChildren in Need at any point during the year706830587.9z
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandChildren in NeedEpisodes of need starting in the year408310339.6z
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandChildren in NeedChildren starting an episode of need in the year381020316.9z
2020Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandChildren in NeedEpisodes of need ending in the year371070308.6z

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
category_typeCategory type
numberNumber
percentPercentage
rateRate per 10,000 children aged under 18 years

Footnotes

  1. A child in need is defined under the Children Act 1989 as a child who is unlikely to reach or maintain a satisfactory level of health or development, or their health or development will be significantly impaired without the provision of children's social care services, or the child is disabled.
  2. Figures for children in need at 31 March include children awaiting assessment and those that do not require an assessment. These children are included to give a full account of the children in need population and are not intended to be used as a measure of local authority performance.
  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.

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