National - Children looked after who were the subject of a special guardianship order during the year ending 31 March
Children looked after who were the subject of a special guardianship order (SGO) in the year, by gender, age group at SGO, age at starting final period of care, primary need, ethnicity, duration of final period of care and final legal status. Data formerly in table E5.
Note: Age group at SGO and age at starting final period of care include an average age value; duration of final period of care includes an average duration. These values are in the 'Number' indicator but are in the format (years:month).
Footnotes:
1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. See the methodology document for further information. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
2. Category of need is the main category of the eight “need codes” at the time the child started to be looked after.
3. No new applications for freeing orders may be made on or after 30 December 2005, they were replaced by placement orders.
4. Period of care refers to a continuous period of being looked after, which may include more than one placement or legal status.
5. In 2019 the detail collected for the status of special guardianship order was changed. As such, figures for the status of special guardianship orders from 2019 onwards are not comparable to earlier figures.
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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
- Number
- Percent
- Filters
- Characteristics
- Time period
- 2018 to 2020
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | Category | Characteristic | number | percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Gender | Total the subject of a SGO | 3460 | 100 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Gender | Male | 1780 | 51 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Gender | Female | 1690 | 49 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age at special guardianship order | Total the subject of a SGO | 3460 | 100 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age at special guardianship order | Under 1 year | 570 | 16 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | Characteristics |
| number | Number |
| percent | Percent |
Footnotes
- In 2019 the detail collected for the status of special guardianship order was changed. As such, figures for the status of special guardianship orders from 2019 onwards are not comparable to earlier figures.
- Category of need is the main category of the eight “need codes” at the time the child started to be looked after.
- Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. See the methodology document for further information. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
- Period of care refers to a continuous period of being looked after, which may include more than one placement or legal status.
- No new applications for freeing orders may be made on or after 30 December 2005, they were replaced by placement orders.
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