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1. Step 1

   • Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions

2. Step 2

   • Data set: CLA who were adopted - NATIONAL

3. Step 3

   • National:
     • England

4. Step 4

   • Time period: 2018 to 2021

5. Step 5

   • Indicators:
     • Number
     • Percentage
   • Characteristic:
     • Total
     • 1 to 4 years
     • 10 to 15 years
     • 16 years and over
     • 5 to 9 years

6. Step 6 Explore data

   This data is not from the latest release

   View latest data: Reporting year 2023

   'CLA who were adopted - NATIONAL' for 1 to 2 years, 1 to 4 years, 1 year, 10 to 15 years, 16 years and over and 32 other filters in England between 2018 and 2021

   		Number				Percentage
   		2018	2019	2020	2021	2018	2019	2020	2021
   Age at adoption	Total	3,850	3,590	3,480	2,870	100%	100%	100%	100%
   	Under 1 year	320	240	230	120	8%	7%	7%	4%
   	1 to 4 years	2,690	2,670	2,680	2,220	70%	74%	77%	78%
   	5 to 9 years	790	630	520	480	20%	17%	15%	17%
   	10 to 15 years	60	50	50	40	2%	1%	1%	1%
   	16 years and over	c	10	10	10	c	~	~	~
   	Average age (years:months)	03:03	03:02	03:00	03:03	z	z	z	z
   Age on starting final period of care	Total	3,850	3,590	3,480	2,870	100%	100%	100%	100%
   	Under 1 year	2,320	2,310	2,350	1,980	60%	64%	68%	69%
   	1 year	470	400	370	280	12%	11%	11%	10%
   	2 years	390	340	310	220	10%	10%	9%	8%
   	3 years	270	230	200	160	7%	6%	6%	5%
   	4 years and over	390	310	250	230	10%	9%	7%	8%
   	Average age (years:months)	01:04	01:02	01:00	01:00	z	z	z	z
   Category of need	Total	3,850	3,590	3,480	2,870	100%	100%	100%	100%
   	N1. Abuse or neglect	2,760	2,660	2,690	2,190	72%	74%	77%	76%
   	N2. Child disability	20	10	10	c	~	~	~	c
   	N3. Parental illness or disability	170	150	120	100	4%	4%	3%	4%
   	N4. Family in acute stress	200	190	160	140	5%	5%	5%	5%
   	N5. Family dysfunction	630	490	430	360	16%	14%	12%	13%
   	N6. Socially unacceptable behaviour	10	20	10	10	~	~	~	~
   	N7. Low income	c	c	c	c	c	c	c	c
   	N8. Absent parenting	60	70	50	60	2%	2%	2%	2%
   Duration of final period of care	Total	3,850	3,590	3,480	2,870	100%	100%	100%	100%
   	Under 1 year	390	270	260	130	10%	8%	8%	5%
   	1 to 2 years	2,180	2,080	1,940	1,340	57%	58%	56%	47%
   	2 to 3 years	880	870	930	960	23%	24%	27%	33%
   	3 years and over	400	370	350	430	10%	10%	10%	15%
   	Average duration (years:months)	01:11	02:00	02:00	02:02	z	z	z	z
   Ethnic origin	Total	3,850	3,590	3,480	2,870	100%	100%	100%	100%
   	White	3,230	2,980	2,880	2,410	84%	83%	83%	84%
   	Mixed or Multiple ethnic group	380	400	370	280	10%	11%	11%	10%
   	Asian or Asian British	50	60	40	50	1%	2%	1%	2%
   	Black, African, Caribbean or Black British	70	70	60	50	2%	2%	2%	2%
   	Other ethnic group	50	30	50	40	1%	1%	1%	1%
   	Refused or information not yet available	80	70	80	50	2%	2%	2%	2%
   Final legal status	Total	3,850	3,590	3,480	2,870	100%	100%	100%	100%
   	Placement order	3,720	3,460	3,350	2,760	97%	96%	96%	96%
   	Care order	50	50	60	50	1%	1%	2%	2%
   	Freed for adoption	c	0	0	0	c	0%	0%	0%
   	Voluntary agreement	80	80	70	60	2%	2%	2%	2%
   Gender	Total	3,850	3,590	3,480	2,870	100%	100%	100%	100%
   	Male	2,030	1,880	1,800	1,510	53%	52%	52%	53%
   	Female	1,820	1,720	1,680	1,360	47%	48%	48%	47%

   Footnotes

   1. Numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10. Percentages rounded to the nearest whole number. See the methodology document for further information. Historical data may differ from older publications which is mainly due to amendments made by local authorities after the previous publication.
   2. Category of need is the main category of the eight “need codes” at the time the child started to be looked after.

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   • Publication: Children looked after in England including adoptions, Reporting year 2023

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