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Data Provider: Welsh Government Number of Referrals 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]Total10,53611,56811,36111,55911,28011,6619,63610,54512,41112,36313,935
TotalSelf3,8914,2814,0683,9753,8914,1582,9762,4392,9312,9763,075
Parents9811,1761,0141,0651,0321,2211,0381,2871,1491,1581,224
School staff / other education4,9325,2835,5055,8535,2445,6314,9535,9766,9727,0208,499
Social services991171051021808181848490138
Health (GP, Hospital, School Nurse etc)432387357303588285204174657165183
Prefer not to say1922642461358457*201***
Not Known65766126543321020736264405
Other.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable207192171177582684408
[Collapse]Total8,34311,5689,53711,55911,28011,6619,64810,54512,41112,36313,935
TotalSpecialist CAMHSChild and Adolescent Mental Health Services435513402411393387324363438357231
Child Protection222264159240171132132147327363333
Other498465555597534540306597600474483
None7,15210,2398,3829,8289,75610,5308,2869,14710,93811,03112,165
Not Known39873948042372603291105141723

Metadata

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

Title

Number of children and young people attending counselling by referral, Local Authority, Gender and Year

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

Statistical quality

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

Keywords

Counselling