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Children looked after in England including adoptions
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LA - Accommodation of care leavers
LA - Activity of care leavers
LA - Care leavers by whether their accommodation is suitable
LA - Care leavers in contact with local authority
LA - Care leavers who left foster care aged 18 and who were eligible for care leaver support
LA - Children looked after at 31 March by LA of placement net gain
LA - Children looked after at 31 March by characteristics
LA - Children looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year, or aged under 16 at 31 March who had been looked after continuously for at least 2.5 years and who were living in the same placement for at least 2 years
LA - Children looked after at any time during the year ending 31 March who were only looked after exclusively under a series of short term placements
LA - Children looked after during the year ending 31 March by characteristics
LA - Children looked after numbers and rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years
LA - Children who ceased to be looked after during the year
LA - Children who started to be looked after during the year
LA - Conviction and health outcomes for children looked after continuously for 12 months
LA - Official Statistics - Children looked after who were missing or away from placement without authorisation
National - Accommodation of care leavers
National - Activity of care leavers
National - Care leavers by whether their accommodation is suitable
National - Care leavers who left foster care aged 18 and who were eligible for care leaver support (Staying Put)
National - Care leavers who were unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
National - Children for whom the local authority has made the decision that the child should be placed for adoption, those placed and waiting for adoption and children where the decision to be placed for adoption has been reversed
National - Children looked after at 31 March by characteristics
National - Children looked after at 31 March by placement provider, placement type and locality
National - Children looked after at 31 March by placement type, distance and locality of placement
National - Children looked after at 31 March who were unaccompanied asylum-seeking children
National - Children looked after during the year and at 31 March for at least 12 months by characteristics
National - Children looked after during the year by placement type and locality
National - Children looked after who were adopted - average time between the different stages of the adoption process
National - Children looked after who were adopted - number, gender and legal status of adopters
National - Children looked after who were adopted during the year ending 31 March
National - Children looked after who were the subject of a special guardianship order during the year ending 31 March
National - Children who ceased to be looked after during the year ending 31 March by characteristics
National - Children who ceased to be looked after during the years ending 31 March by number of periods of care and placements, by age on ceasing
National - Children who started to be looked after during the years ending 31 March
National - Conviction and health outcomes for children looked after continuously for 12 months
National - Duration of placements by type ceasing during the year
National - Official Statistics - Children looked after who were missing
National - Official Statistics - Children who were away from placement without authorisation
National - Reason for placement change during the year of children looked after by characteristics
National - Time series of children looked after data - 1994 to 2020
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A1 - Children looked after at 31 March by gender, age at 31 March, category of need, ethnic origin, legal status and motherhood status, in England, 2018 to 2020
A2 - Children looked after at 31 March by placement, in England, 2018 to 2020
A3 - Unaccompanied asylum-seeking children looked after at 31 March by gender, age at 31 March, category of need and ethnic origin, in England, 2018 to 2020
A4 - Children looked after at 31 March by distance between home and placement and locality of placement, in England, 2018 to 2020
A5 - Children looked after at 31 March by placement, placement location and placement provider, in England, 2018 to 2020
B1 - Children looked after at any time during the year ending 31 March and those looked after continuously for at least 12 months at 31 March, in England, 2018 to 2020
B2 - Number of new placement for children looked after during the year by locality of placement and distance between home and placement, in England, 2018 to 2020
B3 - Duration of placements ceasing during the year, in England, 2018 to 2020
B4 - Reason for placement change for children who moved placements in the year, in England, 2018 to 2020
C1 - Children who started to be looked after during the years ending 31 March by gender, age on starting, category of need, ethnic origin, legal status and previous permanence arrangement, in England, 2018 to 2020
C2 - Children who started to be looked after during the years ending 31 March by placement, in England, 2018 to 2020
D1 - Children who ceased to be looked after during the year ending 31 March by gender, age on ceasing, reason episode ceased, legal status, category of need and ethnic origin, in England, 2018 to 2020
D2 - Children who ceased to be looked after during the years ending 31 March by placement on ceasing, in England, 2018 to 2020
D3 - Children who ceased to be looked after during the years ending 31 March by duration of latest period of care and average duration of latest period of care in days, in England, 2018 to 2020
D4 - Children who ceased to be looked after during the year ending 31 March by number of periods of care in care history, number of placements in period of care and age on ceasing, in England, 2018 to 2020
E1 - Children looked after who were adopted during the years ending 31 March by gender, age at adoption, ethnic origin, category of need, final legal status, duration of final period of care and age on starting final period of care, in England, 2018 to 2020
E2 - Children looked after who were adopted during the year ending 31 March by average time between the different stages of the adoption process and age at start of period of care, in England, 2018 to 2020
E3 - Children looked after who were adopted during the years ending 31 March by number of adopters, legal status of adopters and by gender of adopters, in England, 2018 to 2020
E4 - Children for whom the local authority has made the decision that the child should be placed for adoption, those placed and waiting for adoption and children where the decision to be placed for adoption has been reversed, in England, 2018 to 2020
E5 - Children looked after who were the subject of a special guardianship order during the years ending 31 March by gender, age on ceasing to be looked after, ethnic origin, category of need, final legal status, duration of final period of care and age on starting final period of care, in England, 2018 to 2020
F1 & F3 - Care leavers now aged 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 years old by gender, contact with the local authority and activity, in England, 2018 to 2020
F1 & F3 - Care leavers now aged 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 years old who were formerly unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, by gender, in England, 2018 to 2020
F2 & F4 - Care leavers aged 17, 18, 19, 20 and 20 by whether their accommodation was deemed suitable, in England, 2018 to 2020
F2 & F4 - Care leavers now aged 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 years old by accommodation, in England, 2018 to 2020
F2 & F4 - Young people aged 18, 19 and 20 who ceased to be looked after in a foster placement on their 18th birthday, were eligible for care leavers support and who were living with their former foster carer, in England, 2018 to 2020
G1 - OFFICIAL STATISTICS - Children looked after who were away from placement without authorisation, in England, 2018 to 2020
G1 - OFFICIAL STATISTICS - Children looked after who were missing, in England, 2018 to 2020
H1 - Children looked after at 31 March, unaccompanied asylum-seeking children at 31 March, and children who started, ceased and were adopted during the years ending 31 March, in England, 2018 to 2020
I1 - Offending by children who have been looked after continuously for at least twelve months, by age and gender, in England, 2018 to 2020
I2 - Substance misuse by children who have been looked after continuously for at least twelve months, by age and gender, in England, 2018 to 2020
I3 - Health care of children who have been looked after continuously for at least twelve months, by age and gender, in England, 2018 to 2020
I4 - Development assessments for children aged 4 or under who have been looked after continuously for at least twelve months, by age and gender, in England, 2018 to 2020
I5 - Emotional and behavioural health of looked after children children looked after at 31 March for whom a strengths and difficulties questionnaire (SDQ) was received, in England, 2018 to 2020
LA - Children looked after at 31 March who were unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) during the year, local authority, in England, 2018 to 2020
LA - Children looked after at 31 March, children starting to be looked after and children who ceased to be looked after during the year by local authority, in England, 2018 to 2020
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