National totals of places and children accommodated
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Numbers of secure children’s homes, places approved and available for use, children accommodated, places contracted to the Ministry of Justice and as percentage of approved places, availability and occupancy rates, number of Youth Custody Service placements, for England, England and Wales, 2010 to 2023.
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Data set details
- Theme
- Children's social care
- Publication
- Children accommodated in secure children's homes
- Release
- Reporting year 2023
- Release type
- Geographic levels
- National
- Indicators
- Number of secure children's homes
- Number of places approved
- Number of places available
- Time period
- 2010 to 2023
Data set preview
time_period | time_identifier | geographic_level | country_code | country_name | number_of_secure_homes | places_approved | places_available | children_accommodated | MoJ_places | availability_rate | occupancy_rate | perc_approved_MoJ | children_placed_YCS |
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2023 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 13 | 208 | 191 | 131 | 101 | 92 | 63 | 49 | c |
2023 | Reporting year | National | K04000001 | England and Wales | 14 | 230 | 203 | 139 | 105 | 88 | 60 | 46 | 56 |
2022 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 13 | 231 | 208 | 157 | 101 | 90 | 68 | 44 | c |
2022 | Reporting year | National | K04000001 | England and Wales | 14 | 249 | 220 | 165 | 105 | 88 | 66 | 42 | 62 |
2021 | Reporting year | National | E92000001 | England | 13 | 231 | 210 | 130 | 101 | 91 | 56 | 44 | c |
Variables in this data set
Variable name | Variable description |
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availability_rate | Percentage of approved places available (availability rate) |
children_accommodated | Number of children accommodated |
children_placed_YCS | Number of children placed by YCS |
MoJ_places | Number of places contracted to the MoJ |
number_of_secure_homes | Number of secure children's homes |
Footnotes
- Percentages in charts and tables are rounded to the nearest whole number. Where percentages apply to a group of categories they may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
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