Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

Care leavers by whether their accommodation is suitable - LA

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Published 18 November 2021

Last updated 18 November 2021

Local authority level data on care leavers, aged 17 to 21, by whether their accommodation is deemed to be suitable. 

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
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number
  • Percentage
• Filters:
  • Age
  • Suitability of accommodation
• Time period: 2018 to 2021

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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	la_name	new_la_code	age	accommodation_suitability	number	percentage
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						17 to 18 years	Accommodation considered not suitable	490	4
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						17 to 18 years	Accommodation considered suitable	10920	91
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						17 to 18 years	No information	630	5
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						17 to 18 years	Total	12050	100
2021	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						19 to 21 years	Accommodation considered not suitable	1740	5

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables

Variable name	Variable description
accommodation_suitability	Suitability of accommodation
age	Age
number	Number
percentage	Percentage

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Footnotes

1. Accommodation suitable/not suitable figures also exclude young people who have gone abroad, been deported or their residence is not know as in these cases the suitability of the accommodation will be unknown. Regulation 9(2) of the Care Leavers Regulations defines what is meant by 'Suitable accommodation'. 'Not known' includes young people whose accommodation is not known because wither the local authority is not in touch, or the young person has refused contact or no longer requires services.
2. National and regional numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures exclude young people who were looked after under an agreed series of short term placements, those who have died since leaving care, those who have returned home to parents or someone with parental responsibility for a continuous period of at least 6 months and those whose care was transferred to another local authority.

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