Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

Children for whom the local authority has made the decision that the child should be placed for adoption - NATIONAL

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Published 17 November 2022

Last updated 17 November 2022

Information on children for whom the local authority has made the decision that the child should be placed for adoption. 

Data formerly in E4.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions
• Release: Reporting year 2022
• Geographic levels: National
• Indicators:
  • Number
  • Percentage
• Filters:
  • Characteristic
• Time period: 2018 to 2022

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	cla_group	characteristic	number	percentage
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children for whom the local authority has made the decision that they should be placed for adoption	1. All children for whom the decision has been made that they should be placed for adoption	9410	100
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children for whom the local authority has made the decision that they should be placed for adoption	1a Children for whom the decision was made in the latest year	3130	33
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children for whom the local authority has made the decision that they should be placed for adoption	1b Children for whom the decision was made in a previous year	6280	67
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children who ceased to be looked after during the year	2. Children who were adopted during the year	2940	31
2022	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England	Children who ceased to be looked after during the year	3. Children who ceased to be looked after without being adopted	250	3

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 3 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Characteristic
number	Number
percentage	Percentage

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Footnotes

1. Relates to adoption decisions. Small numbers of children may be adopted without a formal adoption decision or may have an initial decision reversed before a new decision and adoption placement, so this figure may not be equal to other adoption figures reported in this release.
2. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. 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.
3. Children for whom the LA has made the decision the child should be placed for adoption includes children who have been placed for adoption or adopted or who are waiting to be placed for adoption on 31 March each year, however the decision to adopt may have been made in an earlier years.
4. Children who have ceased to be looked after without being adopted - information is based on the year this outcome occurred, however the decision that the child should be placed for adoption may have been made in a previous year.

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