National - Reason for placement change during the year of children looked after by characteristics
Reason for placement change for children who moved placements in the year. Includes breakdowns by gender, age, placement type, duration of placement and category of need. Data formerly in table B4.
Footnotes:
1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. See the methodology document for further information. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
2. Age at end of placement.
3. When a child has more than one placement then each will be counted.
Approval removed denotes where a setting is no longer approved/registered with the appropriate statutory body (eg Ofsted). Change in status of a placement only denotes where there is a change of status for the placement but the child remains with the same carer and there is no change to the care plan, for example if a foster carer moves house, or a foster carer working for a local authority becomes managed by an independent fostering agency.
4. Category of need is the main category of the eight “need codes” at the time the child started to be looked after.
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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
- Reason for placement change
- Time period
- 2018 to 2020
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | CLA_group | characteristic | reason_for_change | number | percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 1 to 4 years | All Placements | 7430 | 14 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 1 to 4 years | Allegation (s47) | 80 | 1 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 1 to 4 years | Approval removed | 50 | 1 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 1 to 4 years | Carer requests placement end other than due to childs behaviour | 340 | 5 |
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age | 1 to 4 years | Carer requests placement ends due to childs behaviour | 190 | 3 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic | Characteristics |
| number | Number |
| percent | Percent |
| reason_for_change | Reason for placement change |
Footnotes
- Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. See the methodology document for further information. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
- Category of need is the main category of the eight “need codes” at the time the child started to be looked after.
- When a child has more than one placement then each will be counted.
- Approval removed denotes where a setting is no longer approved/registered with the appropriate statutory body (eg Ofsted). Change in status of a placement only denotes where there is a change of status for the placement but the child remains with the same carer and there is no change to the care plan, for example if a foster carer moves house, or a foster carer working for a local authority becomes managed by an independent fostering agency.
- Age at end of placement.
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