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Data Provider: Welsh Government Predominant issues for children and young people who receive counselling by Predominant Issues and Year
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Total19,02319,77320,33420,87421,77121,66919,35919,97425,22125,626
Abuse (including sexual)300276273222306234225240351339
Academic471411450501438576543753792804
Anger1,5001,5391,5331,6741,5751,8301,3201,0681,8121,914
Anxiety.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable1,3802,3702,7903,2793,3364,1225,0615,295
Behaviour related8911,0029729271,1191,038633549729756
Bereavement1,0569481,0021,0711,0621,0239188971,1761,287
Bullying930921885861792723522396591858
Caring responsibility.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable7811790114996913293
Cyber safety (inclusing cyber-bullying and sexting).The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable4239304845514233
Depression828876936822912933885867996885
Domestic abuse195195189168126147138123216165
Eating disorders195192177111141129153195279249
Family4,7644,6984,2814,3744,4824,0083,5583,3844,0414,347
Finanical concerns/poverty87847566633948336990
Illness.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable105165225219255219297348
Offending.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable91891815151827
Relationshop with boyfriend/girlfriend.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable216438267315261414381444
Relationships other1,4461,4941,4071,5781,5121,4941,2541,2661,4821,692
Relationships with teachers318219306213285294150150180342
Self-harm1,1191,005792633693744594753948774
Self-worth1,8002,1781,9651,8931,9201,8841,6741,8902,2591,893
Sexual (including orientation)192198201153123117126159204369
Stress1,6112,1691,8511,3981,6831,5661,1701,1521,4431,185
Substance misuse11110887544848483642129
Suicide270243306252309390357390366297
Transgender issues.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable5163816993156159393
Other819903705558477309366315495468
Not Known1171116013221678570309660150

Metadata

Title

Predominant issues for children and young people who received counselling

Last update

27 March 2024 27 March 2024

Next update

March 2025

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 predominant issues for children and young people who received counselling. This data can be split by year, area, predominant 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

Statistical quality

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

Keywords

Counselling

Name

SCHS0503