CLA during the year - characteristics - by local authority
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LA data for CLA during the year by placement locality and by reason for placement change.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children looked after in England including adoptions
- Release
- Reporting year 2025
- Release type
- Number of rows
- 15,865
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- Breakdown
- Time period
- 2021 to 2025
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| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | la_name | new_la_code | characteristic | breakdown | children_count | children_percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Location of new placements during the year | Distance not known or not recorded | 11840 | 13 | |||||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Location of new placements during the year | Placed inside LA boundary less than 20 miles from home | 41990 | 46 | |||||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Location of new placements during the year | Placed inside LA boundary more than 20 miles from home | 4310 | 5 | |||||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Location of new placements during the year | Placed outside LA boundary less than 20 miles from home | 18220 | 20 | |||||
| 2025 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Location of new placements during the year | Placed outside LA boundary more than 20 miles from home | 14560 | 16 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| breakdown | Breakdown |
| children_count | Number |
| children_percent | Percentage |
Footnotes
- National and regional numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures in some tables may be suppressed, denoted by a 'c', percentages <0.5% are denoted by a 'k'. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication. However, users looking for a longer time series may wish to check for the equivalent table in earlier releases of this publication. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements.
- 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.
- Distance is the distance in miles between the child's home and placement. In some cases this is not known, for example UASC, or not recorded for confidentiality reasons, such as some children placed for adoption.
- Placements denotes the total number of new placements starting during the year - if a child has for example, more than one foster placement then both will be counted. Living independently includes children in residential employment. Other includes placement in residential schools and other placements
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If you have a specific enquiry about CLA during the year - characteristics - by local authority statistics and data:
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Email: cla.stats@education.gov.ukContact name: Justin Ushie