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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Average age, in months, at adoption of looked after children during year ending 31 March by local authority and year
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[Collapse]All Welsh local authorities615755534740454646444438394040393737374041
All Welsh local authoritiesIsle of Anglesey*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication5795*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*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 publication56*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication33*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication50*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication37*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Gwynedd46*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication4846*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication365969*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication443829312436243237*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Conwy314752*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 publication37*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication6543472831245034323554
Denbighshire*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication64563041425843535839365137374838*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication41*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication
Flintshire5947588228255751*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication40*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication495025472827*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication4233
Wrexham8145672751*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication494541*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication4754425143*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication44485337
Powys52403026484251*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication46615446394756352451435327
Ceredigion*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*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication81*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication58*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 publication7250*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
Pembrokeshire*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication2633*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication483260*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication254241*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication453242362749
Carmarthenshire873341724836374451545944384640*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication3436494161
Swansea666337464132515046393136414341384233264048
Neath Port Talbot476659625346515751544634354041403824262930
Bridgend586371455147435743494437294044444234283649
Vale of Glamorgan50585452484144*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication43383233402544363835383837
Cardiff535857495145354356384037413135413742384044
Rhondda Cynon Taf654855605647473642394436313934363332323629
Merthyr Tydfil59*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication553929*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication335040*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication32333547*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication27*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication314048
Caerphilly847385575739523933483738383250352236423735
Blaenau Gwent769447614631663265344748493652355541735231
Torfaen*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication45534147*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication212243244835373732423944424142
Monmouthshire63*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 publication39*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication434036*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 publication41*The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication3821*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 publication2947
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Metadata

Title

Average age at adoption (months) of looked after children, 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

Keywords

Children; Children looked after

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.