LA - Children looked after during the year ending 31 March by characteristics
Local authority level data for children looked after during the year by placement locality by reason for placement change.
Footnotes:
1. 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.
2. Placement locality denotes whether or not the placement is within the geographical boundary of the responsible LA.
3. Distance is the distance in miles between the child's home and placement. In some cases this is not known, for example UASC, or not recorded for confidentiality reasons, for example some children placed for adoption.
4. Approval removed denotes where a setting is no longer approved/registered with the appropriate statutory body (eg Ofsted). Change in status of a placement only denotes where there is a change of status for the placement but the child remains with the same carer and there is no change to the care plan, for example if a foster carer moves house, or a foster carer working for a local authority becomes managed by an independent fostering agency.
5. For some local authorities, such as Kent, 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 2020
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- Characteristic
- Time period
- 2018 to 2020
Data set preview
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Location of new placements during the year | Distance not known or not recorded | 7610 | 9 | |||||
| 2020 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Location of new placements during the year | Placed inside LA boundary less than 20 miles from home | 43480 | 50 | |||||
| 2020 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Location of new placements during the year | Placed inside LA boundary more than 20 miles from home | 4130 | 5 | |||||
| 2020 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Location of new placements during the year | Placed outside LA boundary less than 20 miles from home | 18310 | 21 | |||||
| 2020 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Location of new placements during the year | Placed outside LA boundary more than 20 miles from home | 13580 | 16 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| Characteristic | Characteristic |
| Number | Number |
| Percentage | Percentage |
Footnotes
- Before using this data, please check the metadata guidance document for important information such as definitions, limitations and caveats.
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