CLA starting during the year by characteristics - LA
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Local authority level data for children who started to be looked after during the year by:
- age group
- category of need
- gender
- legal status
- numbers taken into care
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
- Percentage
- Filters
- Characteristic
- 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 | characteristic | number | percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age group | 1 to 4 years | 5110 | 18 | |||||
| 2021 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age group | 10 to 15 years | 7260 | 26 | |||||
| 2021 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age group | 16 years and over | 5710 | 20 | |||||
| 2021 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age group | 5 to 9 years | 4750 | 17 | |||||
| 2021 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Age group | Total | 28440 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| characteristic | Characteristic |
| number | Number |
| percentage | Percentage |
Footnotes
- National and regional 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.
- Only the first occasion on which a child started to be looked after has been counted.
- 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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