Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 18 by local authority and year
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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. Children under respite care normally live at home, but are accommodated by a local authority in a pattern of short periods of care in order to give their parents (or guardians) some respite from the normal duties of looking after a child.
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.
Annual
Data are shown at 31 March for each year from 2003.
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Data for 2003 to 2023 were revised on 27 February 2024.
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Children; Children looked after
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2003