Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

22-25 year old care leavers activity - LA

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Local authority level data on care leavers, aged 22 to 25, by activity (as measured at their latest contact). Users should be cautious when drawing conclusions from this data. Activity information is only for those young people who contacted the LA and requested and received support and so for older care leavers the cohort may be small. 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
  • Activity
  • Age
Time period
2023 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_codeageactivitynumberpercentage
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAged 22Care leaver not in touch with the LA during the year491043
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAged 22Education, training or employment342030
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAged 22Not in education, training or employment297026
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAged 22Total11300100
2024Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAged 23Care leaver not in touch with the LA during the year632058

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
activityActivity
ageAge
numberNumber
percentagePercentage

Footnotes

  1. 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'. 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. Figures for the number of care leavers who have died each year can be found in the methodology document.
  2. 'Local authority not in touch' excludes young people where activity information is known, as a third party provided it even though the local authority is not directly in touch with the young person.
  3. Hampshire local authority reported some data quality issues with their care leaver data due to a new record management system in 2024, alternative methods are being used  within the authority to provide assurance of performance  and outcomes.

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