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Data Provider: Welsh Government Experimental Statistics Children receiving care and support by local authority and disability
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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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[Collapse]All children receiving care and supportClick here to sortAll children receiving care and support
Click here to sortChildren with a disabilityClick here to sortChildren with no disability
[Collapse]All Welsh local authorities3,64013,87517,515
All Welsh local authoritiesIsle of Anglesey70265340
Gwynedd270495765
Conwy115420535
Denbighshire75415490
Flintshire155485640
Wrexham105645750
Powys150455605
Ceredigion150165315
Pembrokeshire130265395
Carmarthenshire140710850
Swansea3057251,030
Neath Port Talbot280465740
Bridgend2109051,115
Vale of Glamorgan95740840
Cardiff4351,8702,305
Rhondda Cynon Taf3251,2851,610
Merthyr Tydfil130375505
Caerphilly1159451,055
Blaenau Gwent60400455
Torfaen20810830
Monmouthshire60470535
Newport240570810

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.

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care0136