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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Adoptions of looked after children during year ending 31 March by age and gender
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[Collapse]Total boys and girlsData has been rounded to the nearest 5 for disclosure reasonsClick here to sortTotal boys and girlsData has been rounded to the nearest 5 for disclosure reasons
Click here to sortMaleData has been rounded to the nearest 5 for disclosure reasonsClick here to sortFemaleData has been rounded to the nearest 5 for disclosure reasonsClick here to sortNon-binaryData has been rounded to the nearest 5 for disclosure reasonsClick here to sortNot knownData has been rounded to the nearest 5 for disclosure reasons
[Collapse]All ages130115*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication245
All agesUnder 1 year*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
1 to 4 years10590*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication195
5 to 9 years2025*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication50
10 to 15 years*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
16 years and over*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication

Metadata

Title

Looked after children adopted, year ending 31 March

Last update

27 February 2024 27 February 2024

Next update

Autumn 2024 (Provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Looked After Children Census

Source 2

Adoptions of looked after children (AD1) data collection, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.pss@gov.wales

Designation

Experimental statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Wales

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

From 2016-17, looked after children data is now collected during the year through the Looked after children Census. This has replaced the existing datasets Looked After Children (SSDA903), Adoptions of looked after children (AD1), Educational qualifications of care leavers (OC1) and Care leavers on their 19th birthday (OC3).

This table presents figures about children looked after by Welsh local authorities. Children looked after include those on care orders and other children provided with accommodation by their local authority.

Data collection and calculation

Anonymised individual child level data is extracted from local authority administrative systems and returned electronically to the Data Collection team within the Welsh Government using an online secure data transfer system called 'AFON'. The AFON system applies an extensive series of validation checks to ensure that the information provided uses the correct codes and is internally consistent.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data are shown at 31 March for each year from 2003.

Users, uses and context

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

Rounding applied

The following measures have been taken to minimise the risk of unwanted disclosure of personal data:
All figures have been rounded to the nearest five. Where there are less than five children in any group, the actual number has been suppressed, and replaced by the symbol *.

Revisions information

Data for 2003 to 2023 were revised on 27 February 2024.

Statistical quality

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

Keywords

Children; Children looked after; Age; Gender

Name

CARE0042