Data set from Children in need

B5 Duration of Ended Episodes

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Episodes of need ending in the year ending 31 March, by duration of episode of need.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2020
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • 1 year but less than 2 years - number
  • 1 year but less than 2 years - percentage
  • 2 years and over - number
• Time period: 2013 to 2020

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	category	Ended_episode	3_months	3_months_percent	3_6_months	3_6_months_percent	6_months_1_year	6_months_1_year_percent	1_2_years	1_2_years_percent	2years+	2years+_percent
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Duration of ended episode	371070	177440	47.8	58500	15.8	57610	15.5	45240	12.2	32290	8.7
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Duration of ended episode	19860	8380	42.2	3060	15.4	3340	16.8	3050	15.3	2040	10.3
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Duration of ended episode	54420	25080	46.1	9510	17.5	8450	15.5	6650	12.2	4720	8.7
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and the Humber				Duration of ended episode	45720	21860	47.8	8370	18.3	7110	15.5	4960	10.8	3420	7.5
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Duration of ended episode	27370	11050	40.4	5490	20.1	5070	18.5	3380	12.4	2370	8.7

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 11 variables

Variable name	Variable description
1_2_years	1 year but less than 2 years - number
1_2_years_percent	1 year but less than 2 years - percentage
2years+	2 years and over - number
2years+_percent	2 years and over - percentage
3_6_months	More than 3 months but less than or equal to 6 months - number

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Footnotes

1. A child in need is defined under the Children Act 1989 as a child who is unlikely to reach or maintain a satisfactory level of health or development, or their health or development will be significantly impaired without the provision of children's social care services, or the child is disabled.
2. The duration of episode of need ending in the year is calculated as the difference between the referral date and closure date of the episode.

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