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.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children looked after in England including adoptions
- Release
- Reporting year 2024
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- Characteristic
- Reason for placement change
- Time period
- 2020 to 2024
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | cla_group | characteristic | reason_for_change | number | percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 1 to 4 years | All Placements | 8800 | 13 |
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 1 to 4 years | Allegation (s47) | 60 | 1 |
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 1 to 4 years | Approval removed | 40 | k |
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 1 to 4 years | Carer requests placement end other than due to child's behaviour | 640 | 7 |
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 1 to 4 years | Carer requests placement ends due to child's behaviour | 210 | 2 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic | Characteristic |
| number | Number |
| percent | Percentage |
| reason_for_change | Reason for placement change |
Footnotes
- Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures in some tables may be suppressed, denoted by a 'c', percentages <0.5% are denoted by a 'k' . 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.
- Age at end of placement.
- When a child has more than one placement then each will be counted.
- 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.
- Category of need is the main category of the eight “need codes” at the time the child started to be looked after.
- From 28 April 2023, supported accommodation providers in England were able to register with Ofsted and it became illegal for a supported accommodation provider to operate if they had not submitted a complete application which had been accepted by 28 October 2023. For 2024, figures in the category 'Independent and semi-independent living arrangements/supported accommodation' include young people, before 28 October 2023, who were placed in former semi independent living accommodation or who formerly lived independently, and also young people in placements from 28 April 2023 onwards at a provider that had submitted a complete application to Ofsted to operate as a supported accommodation provider by the deadline.
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