Children in need by source of most recent referral and looked after status

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Child Status Children in the census have been divided into three status categories for reporting, as follows: - Children who are looked after, who may also be on the child protection register - Children who are on the child protection register, but not looked after - Other children in need, who neither looked after, nor on the child protection register (includes unborn children).

Children in the census have been divided into three status categories for reporting, as follows: - Children who are looked after, who may also be on the child protection register - Children who are on the child protection register, but not looked after - Other children in need, who neither looked after, nor on the child protection register (includes unborn children).

Child Status 1

Referral Source

Referral Source 1

All children in need

All children in need

Children looked after at 31 March Children looked after may also have been on the child protection register at 31st March.

Children on the child protection register, but not looked after at 31st March

Children in need, but not looked after, and not on the child protection register at 31st March

All children in need

5,500

2,275

11,215

18,995

All children in need

Other departments of own or other LA

1,075

470

2,145

3,685

Primary health / Community health

880

365

1,885

3,130

Self referral

The data item is disclosive or not sufficiently robust for publication

110

Central government agency

140

LA housing department or housing association

125

215

Other individual

280

410

740

Police

920

575

1,825

3,320

Other agency

410

205

1,025

1,640

Local authority’s own social services department

1,210

375

1,940

3,525

Secondary health

175

395

620

Family, friend or neighbour

380

115

1,250

1,745

Independent provider agency

120

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High level information
Summary information
Statistical quality information
Keywords
Open Data

Title

Children in need at 31 March by looked after status and source of most recent referral, including unborn children

Last update

16 December 2021

Next update

No longer updated

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Children in need census (CiN) data collection, Welsh Government

Contact email

stats.pss@gov.wales

Designation

None

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

The Census collected individual records on all children in need, including those looked after by a local authority, who had an open case with a local authority on the 31 March that had been open for the three months from 1 January to 31 March. The purpose of the Census is to collect data that measures the characteristics and attributes of children in need who receive social services from their local authorities, including children looked after by local authorities. The census has focussed particularly on data about the reason that children receive help from social services departments; parental capacity; and on the health and education outcomes for each 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 '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 2010.

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 2010 to 2016 were revised on 16 December 2021.

Statistical quality

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

Keywords

Children; Children in need

Name

CARE0102