National - Care leavers who left foster care aged 18 and who were eligible for care leaver support (Staying Put)
Young people aged 18, 19 and 20 who ceased to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday, were eligible for care leavers support and who were living with their former foster carer. Data formerly in table F2 and F4.
Footnotes:
1. 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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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children looked after in England including adoptions
- Release
- Reporting year 2020
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- 1. Young people who ceased to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday and were eligible for care leaver support
- 2. Total living with former foster carers in the current year
- 3. Percentage living with former foster carers in the current year
- Filters
- Age of care leaver in the year
- Time period
- 2018 to 2020
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | care_leaver_age | total_young_people | total_with_ffc | percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Aged 18 | 3300 | 1810 | 55 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Aged 19 | 3170 | 970 | 31 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Aged 20 | 3160 | 650 | 21 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Aged 19 or 20 | 6330 | 1620 | 26 |
| 2019 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Aged 18 | 3450 | 1970 | 57 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| care_leaver_age | Age of care leaver in the year |
| percentage | 3. Percentage living with former foster carers in the current year |
| total_with_ffc | 2. Total living with former foster carers in the current year |
| total_young_people | 1. Young people who ceased to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday and were eligible for care leaver support |
Footnotes
- 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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