Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

Headline figures - NATIONAL

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Published 18 November 2021

Last updated 18 November 2021

Headline figures for the statistical release.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions
• Release: Reporting year 2021
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Children looked after (CLA)
  • CLA ceasing
  • CLA per 10,000 children
• Time period: 2018 to 2021

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Table showing first 4 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	cla_31_march	cla_ceasing	cla_starting	cla_adopted	cla_march_rate	cla_uasc
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	80850	28010	28440	2870	67	4070
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	80000	29710	31010	3480	67	5060
2019	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	78140	29570	31780	3590	65	5140
2018	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	75370	30050	32190	3850	64	4560

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 6 variables

Variable name	Variable description
cla_31_march	Children looked after (CLA)
cla_adopted	CLA who were adopted
cla_ceasing	CLA ceasing
cla_march_rate	CLA per 10,000 children
cla_starting	CLA starting

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