Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

Care leavers activity - LA

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Published 18 November 2021

Last updated 18 November 2021

Local authority level data on care leavers, aged 17 to 21, by activity (as measured on or around their birthday).

For some local authorities, such as Kent or Croydon, the figures may be impacted by significant numbers of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions
• Release: Reporting year 2021
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number
  • Percentage
• Filters:
  • Activity
  • Age
• Time period: 2018 to 2021

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	la_name	new_la_code	age	activity	number	percentage
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						17 to 18 years	Education other than higher education	5760	48
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						17 to 18 years	Higher education i.e. studies beyond A level	440	4
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						17 to 18 years	In training or employment	1650	14
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						17 to 18 years	Not in education, training or employment, owing to illness or disability	350	3
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						17 to 18 years	Not in education, training or employment, owing to other reasons	2970	25

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
activity	Activity
age	Age
number	Number
percentage	Percentage

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Footnotes

1. National and regional numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures exclude young people who were looked after under an agreed series of short term placements, those who have died since leaving care, those who have returned home to parents or someone with parental responsibility for a continuous period of at least 6 months and those whose care was transferred to another local authority.

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