Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

Headline figures - NATIONAL

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Published 17 November 2022

Last updated 17 November 2022

Headline national figures for the statistical release.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Children looked after (CLA)
  • CLA ceasing
  • CLA per 10,000 children
• Time period: 2018 to 2022

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	cla_31_march	cla_ceasing	cla_starting	cla_adopted	cla_march_rate	cla_uasc
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	82170	30070	31010	2950	70	5570
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	80780	28120	28480	2890	67	4150
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	80000	29710	31020	3480	67	5080
2019	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	78140	29570	31780	3590	65	5150
2018	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	75360	30050	32190	3850	64	4560

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
cla_31_march	Children looked after (CLA)
cla_adopted	CLA who were adopted
cla_ceasing	CLA ceasing
cla_march_rate	CLA per 10,000 children
cla_starting	CLA starting

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