C5 Referrals to children's social care services by source of referral and local authority
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Referrals to children's social care services by source of referral.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children in need
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 1,968
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number of referrals
- Individual
- Schools
- Time period
- 2014 to 2025
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | new_la_code | la_name | category | Referrals | Individual | Schools | Education_Services | Health_Services | Housing | LA_Services | Police | Other_legal_agency | Other | Anonymous | Unknown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Source of referral | 632830 | 50140 | 130050 | 11400 | 96090 | 7680 | 85290 | 178890 | 28900 | 26140 | 10910 | 7350 | |||||
| 2025 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | Source of referral | 32490 | 2370 | 5330 | 910 | 4790 | 350 | 5210 | 10160 | 1400 | 1140 | 770 | 70 | |||
| 2025 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | Source of referral | 86120 | 5930 | 15150 | 1700 | 11130 | 980 | 12470 | 28630 | 4450 | 3980 | 1550 | 160 | |||
| 2025 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | Source of referral | 63590 | 5270 | 11040 | 1880 | 8320 | 740 | 9350 | 19430 | 3500 | 2070 | 1510 | 480 | |||
| 2025 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Source of referral | 53190 | 5030 | 10470 | 860 | 7150 | 590 | 8100 | 14120 | 2520 | 2560 | 1000 | 780 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| Anonymous | Anonymous |
| Education_Services | Education services |
| Health_Services | Health services |
| Housing | Housing |
| Individual | Individual |
Footnotes
- Data for the years ending 31 March 2021 and 2022 is not available for Hackney local authority, therefore 2020 data for Hackney has been included in the 2021 and 2022 national totals and regional totals. Data for the year ending 31 March 2024 is not available for Hampshire local authority, therefore 2023 data for Hampshire has been included in the 2024 national and regional totals. Refer to the methodology page for more information.
- The source of referral is recorded for each new referral. Where there is more than one referral for the same child on the same day, the first referral should be recorded.
- 'Health services' includes referrals from GPs, health visitors, school nurses, other primary health services, A&E and other health services.
- 'LA services' includes referrals from social care, other internal local authority services, external local authority services and early help.
- 'Individual' includes referrals from family members, relatives, carers, acquaintances and self-referrals.
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