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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 18 by local authority and year
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[Collapse]All Welsh local authorities616667697172738185909191909196103110116117114116116
All Welsh local authoritiesIsle of Anglesey3539454852525253596759566480104108110122122107111111
Gwynedd525356556669697374828579829095100112131127125129130
Conwy6056596368717177758175757278839998969994104108
Denbighshire5676706969646983888283848389838586909495104109
Flintshire39393842464744484951606668656768768081797977
Wrexham4243404042434651546067726168749098118133132124112
Powys364041505051515564665858536063871031031049798105
Ceredigion4449464449535156616459616364625253647487114120
Pembrokeshire4156605661575258616059504752535765799493103109
Carmarthenshire44404145485058656972726665585653494440465171
Swansea59727877798194119124119125114109109102112119122120107104104
Neath Port Talbot858187879397100136144167175168155134124117110107103959289
Bridgend6781768998938799112119134141134130133131130134133128136128
Vale of Glamorgan6571687165636166758067686973858910495104105117120
Cardiff727676787976757674807885908899113122129134141141137
Rhondda Cynon Taf7376728585888695110119124130125126139136136144139133127130
Merthyr Tydfil103106127120134134126131132153146140131114116124158164153142140157
Caerphilly697373717272798476787871717286102117121124128129131
Blaenau Gwent104119124999385848091969710399141157176168158152151155152
Torfaen6477848384100101118144152153153151143169193220229232212201181
Monmouthshire27353540344057444156555660747680101130126124124117
Newport8880879293908789868384868587839410610710610310395

Metadata

Title

Children looked after at 31 March per 10,000 population aged under 18 by local authority

Last update

28 January 2025 28 January 2025

Next update

Autumn 2025 (Provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Looked After Children Census

Source 2

Children looked after (SSDA903) data collection, Welsh Government

Source 3

Mid-year population estimates, Office for National Statistics

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

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.

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 'Objective Connect'. Welsh Government analysts then apply 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.

Revisions information

Data for 2003 to 2023 were revised on 28 January 2025.

Keywords

Children; Children looked after

Statistical quality

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