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Data Provider: Welsh Government Number of Personal Preferences of Children and Young people attending counselling by Area, Year and Sex
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Sex at BirthPre 2022/23 the data item was collected as gender[Filter]
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[Collapse]Total Sexual Orientation10,44011,56810,2879,81911,18111,6619,63610,54812,41112,36313,935
Total Sexual OrientationHetrosexual/straight7,8518,1966,0455,3104,4583,6962,5532,6252,9551,6231,716
Gay/lesbian195216171162174189153186267153135
Bisexual396390546351366375324336477333411
Other1,9952,766531339844087537147951,008270
Prefer not to say.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable2,9943,6572,6821,7491,2788521,0891,0741,014
Transgender.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable2115123033.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Under 16.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable3,3965,2294,5605,8056,7958,17210,389
[Collapse]Total Preferred Language10,53611,56811,33711,55911,28011,6619,63610,54512,41112,36313,935
Total Preferred LanguageEnglish9,94810,69510,68310,77610,47010,7408,8479,78010,81810,53012,912
Welsh525681462603522447519564573585612
Other485784721862073990788175
Not Known18135108108992672311089391,167336
[Collapse]Total Religion10,53911,56811,33711,55911,28011,6619,63610,54512,41112,36313,935
Total ReligionNone6,9097,5427,2787,3477,4707,5815,9496,2827,5426,9698,226
Baha'i*15182754*3*912*
Buddhist243315151215219939
Christian2,0822,1211,7761,5391,4341,3921,0959991,0741,0051,254
Hindu1869669612666
Jain***********
Jewish36**633**3*
Muslim6972879387998157968793
Sikh*366963*663
Atheist.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable546613514778126411195189
Other297225234171156123108102132396138
Prefer not to say.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable363732345306135501384261690
Not known1,1341,5421,4941,5541,5661,9772,1512,4542,7393,4173,321

Metadata

Title

Personal Preferences of Children and Young People in 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 Personal Preferences for children and young people who have received counselling. This data can be split by year, area, personal prefernces 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.