CLA on 31 March by placement stability - NATIONAL
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Children looked after on 31 March each year, by gender, age group (on 31 March), ethnicity, first legal status during the year, first placement during the year, unaccompanied/non-unaccompanied asylum-seeking children and number of placements during the year (placement stability).
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children looked after in England including adoptions
- Release
- Reporting year 2022
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- CLA group
- Characteristic
- Number of placements
- Time period
- 2018 to 2022
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time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | cla_group | population_group | characteristic | placement_stability | number | percentage |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 12 months on 31 March | Age group | 1 to 4 years | Total children | 7270 | 100 |
2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 12 months on 31 March | Age group | 1 to 4 years | With 1 placement during the year | 4180 | 57 |
2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 12 months on 31 March | Age group | 1 to 4 years | With 2 placements during the year | 2470 | 34 |
2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 12 months on 31 March | Age group | 1 to 4 years | With 3 or more placements during the year | 630 | 9 |
2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | CLA 12 months on 31 March | Age group | 10 to 15 years | Total children | 25890 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
Variable name | Variable description |
---|---|
characteristic | Characteristic |
cla_group | CLA group |
number | Number |
percentage | Percentage |
placement_stability | Number of placements |
Footnotes
- First placement and legal status during the year, excluding a small number of children for whom placement on 31 March and corresponding legal status has been used. See methodology document for further information.
- Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
- 'Youth Justice legal statuses' refers to children: remanded to LA accommodation or youth detention accommodation under the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012; placed in LA accommodation under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; or, sentenced to a youth rehabilitation order with residence or intensive fostering requirement under the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (as amended).
- Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
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