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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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Total19,02319,77320,33420,87421,76521,77118,80720,13925,23025,67724,534
Abuse (including sexual)300276273222306234225240351339309
Academic471411450501438576540753792801960
Anger1,5001,5391,5331,6741,5751,8301,3021,0681,8151,9111,839
Anxiety.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable1,3802,3702,7903,2763,2674,1225,0615,2895,052
Behaviour related8911,0029729271,1191,035627549729756900
Bereavement1,0569481,0021,0711,0621,0239098971,1761,2841,197
Bullying930921885861792723519396591858813
Caring responsibility.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable781179011499691329390
Cyber safety (inclusing cyber-bullying and sexting).The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable423930484551423333
Depression828876936822912933873867996885702
Domestic abuse195195189168126147138123216168153
Eating disorders195192177111138129156195279249186
Family4,7644,6984,2814,3744,4824,0083,5073,3844,0414,3444,551
Finanical concerns/poverty8784756663394833699039
Illness.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable105165225219255219297348258
Offending.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable9189181515182721
Relationshop with boyfriend/girlfriend.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable216438267315261414381444360
Relationships other1,4461,4941,4071,5781,5121,4941,2211,2661,4851,6891,677
Relationships with teachers318219306213285294147150180342288
Self-harm1,1191,005792633693747591753948774831
Self-worth1,8002,1781,9651,8931,9201,8811,6381,8902,2591,9801,830
Sexual (including orientation)19219820115312311712615920436969
Stress1,6112,1691,8511,3981,6831,5661,1581,1521,4431,1851,386
Substance misuse1111088754454848334212945
Suicide270243306252309390351390366297276
Transgender issues.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable5163816993156159393114
Other819903705558477324348312495465423
Not Known11711160132213180303477660138141

Metadata

Title

Predominant issues for children and young people who received 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 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

Keywords

Counselling

Statistical quality

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