Data set from Children in need

B6 Children in Need by Reason for Closure

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Episodes of need ending in the year to 31 March, by reason for case closure.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2020
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • Number of episodes of need ending in the year
  • RC1 - Adopted - Number
  • RC1 - Adopted - Percentage
• Time period: 2013 to 2020

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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	new_la_code	la_name	category	Ended_episodes	unknown	unknown_percent	RC1_Adopted	RC1_Adopted_percent	RC2_Died	RC2_Died_percent	RC3_Residence_Order	RC3_Residence_Order_percent	RC4_Special_Guardianship_Order	RC4_Special_Guardianship_Order_percent	RC5_Transfer_to_another_LA	RC5_Transfer_to_another_LA_percent	RC6_Transfer_to_Adult_Social_Service	RC6_Transfer_to_Adult_Social_Service_percent	RC7_Other	RC7_Other_percent
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Reason for episode closure	371070	2700	0.7	2930	0.8	880	0.2	580	0.2	2550	0.7	12210	3.3	2490	0.7	346730	93.4
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Reason for episode closure	19860	20	0.1	230	1.2	50	0.2	90	0.5	330	1.7	520	2.6	240	1.2	18390	92.6
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Reason for episode closure	54420	150	0.3	670	1.2	140	0.2	70	0.1	370	0.7	1740	3.2	340	0.6	50950	93.6
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and the Humber				Reason for episode closure	45720	220	0.5	330	0.7	60	0.1	60	0.1	330	0.7	1250	2.7	180	0.4	43290	94.7
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Reason for episode closure	27370	800	2.9	170	0.6	60	0.2	30	0.1	180	0.6	510	1.9	110	0.4	25510	93.2

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 17 variables

Variable name	Variable description
Ended_episodes	Number of episodes of need ending in the year
RC1_Adopted	RC1 - Adopted - Number
RC1_Adopted_percent	RC1 - Adopted - Percentage
RC2_Died	RC2 - Died - Number
RC2_Died_percent	RC2 - Died -Percentage

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Footnotes

1. A child in need is defined under the Children Act 1989 as a child who is unlikely to reach or maintain a satisfactory level of health or development, or their health or development will be significantly impaired without the provision of children's social care services, or the child is disabled.
2. Reason for closure is the reason the local authority stops providing services to the child.

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