Number of children supported by local authority children's social care
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Percentage difference in the number of children on a Child Protection Plan and Children Looked After recorded on the 'vulnerable children and young people’ survey, compared with the same time in 2019-20.
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Data set details
- Theme
- COVID-19
- Publication
- Vulnerable children and young people survey
- Release
- July 2022
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Percentage difference compared to the same time in 2019-20
- Filters
- Social care group
- Wave
- Time period
- 2020 to 2022
Data set preview
| time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | wave | csc_group | percentage_difference_to_201920 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 1 (04-06 May) | Children on a Child Protection Plan | -0.460810617 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 2 (18-20 May) | Children on a Child Protection Plan | -0.407439852 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 3 (01-03 June) | Children on a Child Protection Plan | 0.271505859 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 4 (15-17 June) | Children on a Child Protection Plan | 0.700883113 |
| 2020 | Calendar year | National | E92000001 | England | Wave 5 (29 June - 01 July) | Children on a Child Protection Plan | 1.803611239 |
Variables in this data set
| Variable name | Variable description |
|---|---|
| csc_group | Social care group |
| percentage_difference_to_201920 | Percentage difference compared to the same time in 2019-20 |
| wave | Wave |
Footnotes
- See Methodology for the number of local authorities that responded to the question per wave.
- The survey was collected on a fortnightly basis between May 2020 and March 2021, a monthly basis between April and December 2021, fortnightly in January 2022 and then returned to monthly from February 2022. There was no collection during August 2021.
- Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number
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