Official Statistics - CLA who were missing or away from placement without authorisation - LA
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Note: These statistics are published as Official Statistics. Users should be cautious making comparisons between local authorities, or across years due to changing reporting practices - see the methodology document for further information.
Children looked after who were missing or away from placement without authorisation. Data formerly in table LAG1.
For some local authorities, such as Kent or Croydon, the figures may be impacted by significant numbers of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children looked after in England including adoptions
- Release
- Reporting year 2021
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number
- Filters
- Children who are missing or away without authorisation
- Time period
- 2018 to 2021
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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 | cla_group | number |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Children looked after during the year | 104250 | |||||
| 2018 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000001 | North East | Children looked after during the year | 7050 | |||
| 2018 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000002 | North West | Children looked after during the year | 18560 | |||
| 2018 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000003 | Yorkshire and The Humber | Children looked after during the year | 10860 | |||
| 2018 | Reporting year | Regional | E92000001 | England | E12000004 | East Midlands | Children looked after during the year | 7710 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| cla_group | Children who are missing or away without authorisation |
| number | Number |
Footnotes
- National and regional numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication. See the methodology document for further information.
- Since 2017 a growing number of local authorities informed the department that they do not record incidents as 'away without authorisation' but instead report all incidents as 'missing' to maintain consistency with local police reporting. We estimate this could mean an overestimate of missing incidents of up to 8% in 2018, 10% in 2019 and 13% in 2020 and 2021; suggesting the true figures could be more like 10,700, 10,800, 11,000 and 9,600. There is a corresponding estimate of an undercount of away without authorisation incidents of up to 18% in 2018, 22% in 2019, 29% in 2020 and 32% in 2021; suggesting the true figures could be more like 4,700, 4,700, 4,800 and 3,800. However some of these local authorities submitted some 'away without authorisation' information and this has been included in the away from placement without authorisation table.
- Figures for 2021 exclude data for Hackney who were unable to provide figures.
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