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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Children receiving care and support by local authority and age group
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[Collapse]Child StatusChildren 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 receiving care and support, who are neither looked after, nor on the child protection register.<br />[Filtered]
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[Collapse]DisabilityFigures for children with a disability do not include cases where the child has an autistic spectrum disorder and no other disability.[Filtered]
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Disability 1[Filter]
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Ethnicity 1[Filter]
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Gender 1[Filter]
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[Collapse]All Welsh local authorities6552,7654,2957,2702,53017,515
All Welsh local authoritiesIsle of Anglesey10458514055340
Gwynedd25130200305100765
Conwy257012523085535
Denbighshire209511019075490
Flintshire1510516027085640
Wrexham4015019028090750
Powys30100150220110605
Ceredigion10308014055315
Pembrokeshire15607517075395
Carmarthenshire35155215340105850
Swansea451452604251551,030
Neath Port Talbot2595185315120740
Bridgend501752754801401,115
Vale of Glamorgan30130215360100840
Cardiff603205501,0053652,305
Rhondda Cynon Taf752604056751951,610
Merthyr Tydfil208013521060505
Caerphilly352002704201301,055
Blaenau Gwent15809018590455
Torfaen30125210355110830
Monmouthshire207013524070535
Newport30140180310150810

Metadata

Title

Children receiving care and support at 31 March by age group, gender, looked after status and ethnicity

Last update

21 May 2024 21 May 2024

Next update

March 2025 (provisional)

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Children Receiving Care and Support Census

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

The Census collected individual records on all children receiving care and support, 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 receiving care and support who receive social services from their local authorities, including children looked after by local authorities. The census focuses on the reason why 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.

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 2017 to 2022 were revised on 21 May 2024.

Keywords

Children; Children receiving care and support; Age; Ethnicity; Disability; Gender; Children looked after

Statistical quality

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