22-25 year old care leavers in contact with the responsible authority - LA
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Local authority level data on care leavers, aged 22 to 25, by whether the care leaver was in touch with their LA for support. 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 2024
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- Local authority, National, Regional
- Indicators
- Number
- Percentage
- Filters
- Age
- Contact with local authority
- Time period
- 2023 to 2024
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | region_code | region_name | old_la_code | la_name | new_la_code | age | in_touch | number | percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Aged 22 | Care leaver not in touch | 5050 | 45 | |||||
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Aged 22 | Total | 11300 | 100 | |||||
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Aged 22 | Young person has requested and received support | 6250 | 55 | |||||
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Aged 23 | Care leaver not in touch | 6560 | 60 | |||||
| 2024 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | Aged 23 | Total | 10870 | 100 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| age | Age |
| in_touch | Contact with local authority |
| number | Number |
| percentage | Percentage |
Footnotes
- National and regional numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. Figures in some tables may be suppressed, denoted by a 'c'. 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.
- For young people who turned 22, 23, 24 or 25 during the year, data is only reported if the young person requested and received support from the local authority. Information reported is at their last contact with the local authority. Local authorities are not expected to be in touch and initiate contact with young people over age 21 who have not requested or received support during the reporting period. This data is collected and reported to record the numbers of older care leavers who are accessing their entitlement to support and to better understand their activity and accommodation status.
- Hampshire local authority reported some data quality issues with their care leaver data due to a new record management system in 2024, alternative methods are being used within the authority to provide assurance of performance and outcomes.
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