Data set from Children looked after in England including adoptions

CLA on 31 March by LA of placement net gain - LA

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Published 16 November 2023

Last updated 16 November 2023

Local authority level data for children looked after on 31 March by numbers the LA places outside their LA and numbers other LAs place within the LA.

For some local authorities, 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 2023
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • CLA on 31 March
• Filters:
  • Net gain
• Time period: 2019 to 2023

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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	characteristic	number
2023	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	City of London	E09000001	1. Children who are the responsibility of other LAs placed within this LA boundary	0
2023	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	City of London	E09000001	2. Children who are the responsibility of this LA placed outside the LA boundary	9
2023	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	201	City of London	E09000001	Net gain of children by responsible LA	-9
2023	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	Camden	E09000007	1. Children who are the responsibility of other LAs placed within this LA boundary	38
2023	Reporting year	Local authority	E92000001	England	E13000001	Inner London	202	Camden	E09000007	2. Children who are the responsibility of this LA placed outside the LA boundary	116

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 2 variables

Variable name	Variable description
characteristic	Net gain
number	CLA on 31 March

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Footnotes

1. National and regional numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
2. Net gain is the difference between the number of children who are the responsibility of other LAs placed within this LA boundary and the number of children who are the responsibility of this LA placed outside the LA boundary.

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