Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

Duration of placements by type ceasing during the year - NATIONAL

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Published 16 November 2023

Last updated 16 November 2023

Duration of placement ceasing during the year, by placement type. 

Data formerly in table B3

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions
• Release: Reporting year 2023
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number
  • Percentage
• Filters:
  • Duration of placements
  • Placement type
• Time period: 2019 to 2023

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	placement_duration	placement_group	number	percentage
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	1 to 7 days	All placements	9770	11
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	1 to 7 days	Foster placements	6320	13
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	1 to 7 days	Other placements	840	25
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	1 to 7 days	Other placements in the community	240	6
2023	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	1 to 7 days	Other residential settings	900	25

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
number	Number
percentage	Percentage
placement_duration	Duration of placements
placement_group	Placement type

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Footnotes

1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages and averages rounded to the nearest whole number. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements. 
2. A placement may cease but the child will continue to be looked after if a new placement begins immediately. This table gives counts of placements, not children. If a child has more than one placement in the year then each will be included.
3. Analysis of revisions in previous years suggests that total numbers of placements ceasing in the latest year are often revised upwards by around 10,000 the following year as information is updated on LA systems.

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