Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

Care leavers in contact with the responsible authority - LA

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Local authority level data on care leavers, aged 17 to 21, by whether the LA was in touch (as measured on or around their birthday).

For some local authorities, such as Kent or Croydon, the figures may be impacted by significant numbers of unaccompanied asylum seeking children.


Data set details

Theme
Children's social care
Publication
Children looked after in England including adoptions
Release type
Geographic levels
Local authority, National, Regional
Indicators
  • Number
  • Percentage
Filters
  • Age
  • Contact with local authority
Time period
2018 to 2022

Data set preview

Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data
time_periodtime_identifiergeographic_levelcountry_codecountry_nameregion_coderegion_nameold_la_codela_namenew_la_codeagein_touchnumberpercentage
2022Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAged 17 to 18Local authority in touch with care leaver1156094
2022Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAged 17 to 18Local authority not in touch with care leaver6305
2022Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAged 17 to 18Total12350100
2022Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAged 17 to 18Young person no longer requires services1301
2022Reporting yearNationalE92000001EnglandAged 17 to 18Young person refuses contact40k

Variables in this data set

Table showing all 4 variables
Variable nameVariable description
ageAge
in_touchContact with local authority
numberNumber
percentagePercentage

Footnotes

  1. 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. Figures for the number of care leavers who have died each year can be found in the methodology document. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.

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