Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

CLA ceasing during the year by characteristics - LA

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Local authority level data for children who ceased to be looked after during the year by age group, gender and reason episode ceased. Information on the number of CLA ceasing due to adoptions or special guardianship orders in each local authority can be found in the separate csv 'CLA who were adopted and who were the subject of a special guardianship order - LA'. For some local authorities, the figures may be impacted by significant numbers of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Children looked after in England including adoptions
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Number
  • Percentage
Filters
  • Characteristic
Time period
2020 to 2024

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codela_namenew_la_codecla_groupcharacteristicnumberpercentage
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAge on ceasing1 to 4 years634019
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAge on ceasing10 to 15 years483014
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAge on ceasing16 years20806
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAge on ceasing17 years19406
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAge on ceasing18 years and over1308039

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables
Variable nameVariable description
characteristicCharacteristic
numberNumber
percentagePercentage

Footnotes

  1. National and regional 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.
  2. Following the introduction of the National Transfer Scheme (NTS) in 2016, there has been an agreement between local authorities to transfer UASC to ensure a more equitable distribution of UASC across all local authorities. This means that some UASC will be counted more than once in the national and regional CLA starting and ceasing figures if they started or ceased to be looked after within more than one local authority during the year. In 2020, the number of UASC starts included 140 young people who had transferred from another LA; this had increased to 1,970 in 2024 following the mandation of the NTS in February 2022.

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