Reporting year 2019

Children accommodated in secure children's homes

Data guidance

Published 2 September 2020

Data files

All data files associated with this releases are listed below with guidance on their content. To download any of these files, please visit our data catalogue.

SCH characteristics 2019

• Filename: sa2019_characteristics.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2019

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
age	Age of child
children_accommodated	Number of children accommodated
gender	Gender
length_of_stay	Length of stay
percentage	Percentage
type_of_placement	Placement type

Footnotes

1. Percentages are rounded to the nearest whole number and categories may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
2. 'c' denotes figures suppressed to preserve confidentiality.

SCH individual homes 2019

• Filename: sa2019_individual_home_data.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2019

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
children_accommodated	Number of children accommodated
occupancy_rate	Percentage of approved places occupied (occupancy rate)
places_approved	Number of places approved
places_available	Number of places available
secure_home	Secure children's home name

Footnotes

1. Further information on changes to individual secure children's homes is available in the methodology document.

SCH national 2019

• Filename: sa2019_national.csv
• Geographic levels: National
• Time period: 2010 to 2019

Variable names and descriptions

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name	Variable description
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
occupancy_rate	Percentage of approved places occupied (occupancy rate)
perc_approved_MoJ	Percentage of approved places contracted to the MoJ
places_approved	Number of places approved
places_available	Number of places available