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Data Provider: Welsh Government Main presenting issues on referral for children and young people receiving counselling by Presenting Issues and Year
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[Collapse]Total19,14319,21219,38021,32121,52820,57118,31819,35925,42525,27825,182
TotalAbuse (including sexual)333312264237339258273264375342333
Academic486384435471438549492624687645870
Anger1,8181,7401,8721,8361,7581,8151,3891,1281,9172,0251,983
Anxiety.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable1,4072,6522,7843,4083,3874,4465,6915,6765,616
Behaviour related1,1581,2361,1431,1581,3681,1018497359789121,128
Bereavement1,0809699661,1281,1071,0358761,0141,2001,3651,359
Bullying1,065993867900810693573399579843849
Caring responsibility.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable7511493991028128810299
Cyber safety (inclusing cyber-bullying and sexting).The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable304530364248333939
Depression1,0141,0891,0381,0651,1191,0951,0501,0471,1641,101927
Domestic abuse159198171138150132126129234204207
Eating disorders237207168138132123165210312282252
Family4,4224,3893,9484,1134,0323,6123,1142,8323,6333,9184,005
Finanical concerns/poverty6642394542274230666036
Illness.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable105165222216219216300342288
Offending.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable18181291215242124
Relationshop with boyfriend/girlfriend.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable120279246219186264294297225
Relationships other1,2601,2271,0831,2691,3471,1011,1071,0561,0921,1821,260
Relationships with teachers23119222514721618611199105246330
Self-harm1,4041,1528678108048587659751,1701,0381,119
Self-worth1,3171,5121,3921,5931,4701,2001,1251,2901,7101,6111,506
Sexual (including orientation)16518017416811728511414716823166
Stress1,6022,0431,8121,5991,8361,4041,1611,0981,4911,2121,533
Substance misuse11110257786011763365111151
Suicide306282309291423375375420468390387
Transgender issues.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable3954697881138144363108
Other822855702645408309213300507462390
Not Known901115715999240300312747264192

Metadata

Title

Main presenting issues on referral for children and young people receiving counselling

Last update

27 March 2025 27 March 2025

Next update

March 2026

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Local Authority School Counselling Services collection, Welsh Government

Contact email

school.stats@gov.wales

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

General description

The information presented here shows the main presenting issues on referral for children and young people who have received counselling. This data can be split by year, area, presenting issues and gender.

Data collection and calculation

Local authorities are required to provide anonymised information about their counselling services to the Welsh Government. This data informs the development of counselling services for children and young people in Wales. The data is collected from September to August each year.
In addition, local authorities commented that 322 children or young people who received counselling did not identify as male or female in 2021/22. The data collection form will be developed in future and include additional gender categories.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2013-14 onwards

Users, uses and context

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink. (2013/14, 2014/15 and 2015/16 Designated Experimental Statistics)

Rounding applied

All the figures are rounded independently to the nearest 3 to protect the identity of individuals.

Revisions information

None

Keywords

Counselling

Statistical quality

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.