Secure children's homes - characteristics
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Numbers of children accommodated in secure children's homes by gender, age of child, length of stay, placement type, ethnicity, for England and Wales, 2010 to 2022
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children accommodated in secure children's homes
- Release
- Reporting year 2022
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of children accommodated
- Percentage of children accommodated
- Filters
- Characteristics
- Time period
- 2010 to 2022
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | measure | characteristics | children_accommodated | percentage_children_accommodated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Placement type | Total | 157 | 100 |
| 2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Placement type | Child detained or sentenced and placed by the Youth Custody Service | c | c |
| 2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Placement type | Child placed by local authority in a criminal justice context | c | c |
| 2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Placement type | Child placed by local authority on welfare grounds | 76 | 48 |
| 2022 | Reporting year | National | K04000001 | England and Wales | Placement type | Total | 165 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristics | Characteristics |
| children_accommodated | Number of children accommodated |
| percentage_children_accommodated | Percentage of children accommodated |
Footnotes
- 'x' not available. Ethnicity was reported for the first time in 2021.
- Percentages in charts and tables are rounded to the nearest whole number. Where percentages apply to a group of categories they may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
- 'c' denotes figures suppressed to preserve confidentiality.
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