Data set from Children in need

B4 Children in Need by Duration of Episode

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Children in need at 31 March, by duration of open case.

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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:
  • 1 year but less than 2 years - number
  • 1 year but less than 2 years - percentage
  • 2 years and over - number
• 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	At31_episodes	3_months	3_months_percent	3_6_months	3_6_months_percent	6_months_1_year	6_months_1_year_percent	1_2_years	1_2_years_percent	2years+	2years+_percent
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Duration of open episode	389260	99480	25.6	45730	11.7	55340	14.2	59010	15.2	129700	33.3
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Duration of open episode	24630	6320	25.6	2840	11.5	3390	13.8	4020	16.3	8060	32.7
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Duration of open episode	58080	13650	23.5	6530	11.2	7730	13.3	8990	15.5	21180	36.5
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and the Humber				Duration of open episode	41410	11060	26.7	5660	13.7	6200	15	6070	14.7	12430	30
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Duration of open episode	29920	8070	27	3840	12.8	4630	15.5	4740	15.9	8640	28.9

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Variables in this data set

Table showing first 5 of 11 variables

Variable name	Variable description
1_2_years	1 year but less than 2 years - number
1_2_years_percent	1 year but less than 2 years - percentage
2years+	2 years and over - number
2years+_percent	2 years and over - percentage
3_6_months	More than 3 months but less than or equal to 6 months - number

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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. The duration of an open episode is calculated as difference between the referral date and 31 March of the reporting year.
3. Open episodes (or cases) are those open at 31 March of the reporting year.

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