Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

Official Statistics - CLA on 31 March by social worker stability - NATIONAL

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Published 17 November 2022

Last updated 17 November 2022

Note: These statistics are published as Official Statistics. Children looked after on 31 March each year, by number of social worker changes across the previous 12 months and 24 months (social worker stability).  This file was added in July 2023. Data in the file was collected by the Children's Commissioner's Office and relates to an earlier time period (2019 to 2020). The next update is expected to be data for 2024.

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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:
  • Number
  • Percentage
• Filters:
  • Change Measure
  • Number of changes
• Time period: 2019 to 2020

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	change_measure	social_worker_stability	number	percentage
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Social worker changes over 12 months	Total children	77110	100
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Social worker changes over 12 months	With five social worker changes	470	1
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Social worker changes over 12 months	With four social worker changes	1590	2
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Social worker changes over 12 months	With no social worker change	30410	39
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Social worker changes over 12 months	With one social worker change	26130	34

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
change_measure	Change Measure
number	Number
percentage	Percentage
social_worker_stability	Number of changes

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Footnotes

1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements.
2. Percentages have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures exclude children looked after under a series of short-term placements.
3. Includes children looked after on 31 March each year and who were included by local authorities in the Children's Commissioner's Office data return. See methodology document for further information.
4. Five local authorities did not complete the CCO return for 2019 data. Three local authorities did not complete the return for 2020 CCO data. See methodology document for further information.

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