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Meta informationChildren looked after by local authorities, rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years

20052006200720082009201020112012
Local Authorities
Newcastle upon Tyne8384908789101102101
Regions
North East6058616161707378
National
England5555555455595959

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Meta informationChildren who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March, rates per 10,000 children

20052006200720082009201020112012
Local Authorities
Newcastle upon Tyne54467574656462.7
Regions
North East3637424748..51
National
England28283031343638.7

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Meta informationThe percentage of children looked after adopted during the year who were placed for adoption within 12 months of a local authority deciding that the child should be placed for adoption (and were subsequently adopted in that placement)

20052006200720082009201020112012
Local Authorities
Newcastle upon Tyne86.894.68483.381.3817595.8
Regions
North East85.18280.488.378.881.374.582.9
National
England80.476.775.175.875.172.574.171.8

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Meta informationThe percentage of children looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year ending 31 March

20052006200720082009201020112012
Local Authorities
Newcastle upon Tyne15.910.58.99.713.96.510.911.3
Regions
North East12.812.31310.912.710.710.711.6
National
England13.712.912.711.811.111.41111

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Meta informationThe percentage of children looked after aged under 16 at 31 March who had been looked after continuously for at least 2.5 years who were living in the same placement for at least 2 years, or are placed for adoption and their adoptive placement together with their previous placement together last for at least 2 years

20052006200720082009201020112012
Local Authorities
Newcastle upon Tyne54.260.76464.164.468.368.668.5
Regions
North East59.461.565.367.264.566.366.766.9
National
England66.267.468.66566.167.368.268.2

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Meta informationThe percentage of children looked after cases which should have been reviewed during the year ending 31 March that were reviewed on time during the year

20062007200820092010
Local Authorities
Newcastle upon Tyne91.593.290.396.699
Regions
North East88.691.89596.694.3
National
England78.985.39090.990.5

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Meta informationThe percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in suitable accommodation

20052006200720082009201020112012
Local Authorities
Newcastle upon Tyne97.194.790.393.895.297.99595.2
Regions
North East91.292.99091.791.295.49496
National
England83.98887.388.489.690.39088

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Meta informationThe percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in education, employment or training

20052006200720082009201020112012
Local Authorities
Newcastle upon Tyne68.652.677.462.573.8837171
Regions
North East59.167.270.468.367.870.36467
National
England58.462.762.664.96362.16158

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National Summary

Children looked after by local authorities - in 2012 the rate per 10,000 children aged under 18 years was 59 compared with 55 per 10,000 in 2005.

Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March - in 2011 the rate per 10,000 children aged under 18 years was 38.7.

The percentage of children looked after adopted during the year who were placed for adoption within 12 months of a local authority deciding that the child should be placed for adoption (and were subsequently adopted in that placement), has fallen from 80.4% in 2005 to 71.8% in 2012.

The percentage of children looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year ending 31 March, has fallen from 13.7% in 2005 to 11% in 2012.

The percentage of children looked after aged under 16 at 31 March who had been looked after continuously for at least 2.5 years who were living in the same placement for at least 2 years, or are placed for adoption and their adoptive placement together with their previous placement together last for at least 2 years, has risen from 62.9% in 2005 to 68.2% in 2012.

The percentage of children looked after cases which should have been reviewed during the year ending 31 March that were reviewed on time during the year, has risen from 78.9% in 2006 to 90.5% in 2010.

The percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in suitable accommodation, has risen from 83.9% in 2005 to 88% in 2012.

The percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in education, employment or training, has risen from 58.4% in 2005 to 58% in 2012.

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Dataset Title
Children looked after by local authorities, rates per 10,000 children aged under 18 years
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Julie Tillman
Contact Address
6N
SANCTUARY BUILDINGS
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Contact E-mail Address
Julie.Tillman@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
National and local figures on the care history of children who have been looked after by local authority social services.
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Data provided by 150 local authorities in England and extracted from tables published annually, by DfE.
Concepts and Definitions
The data used are based on the definitions and procedures outlined in the Children Act 1989.
Data Classifications
Children looked after by Local Authorities
Edit and Imputation Procedures
None
Validation and Quality Assurance
Data validated against historic data held by DfE
Geographic Referencing
LA and Government Office Region - Records were collected at Local Authority (LA) level before being aggregated to GOR and National level.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Percentages and rates are suppressed, where applicable, in accordance with National Statistics protocols.
Sources for Further Information or Advice
Children looked after by Local Authorities - Year ending 31 March 2003:
http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/DB/VOL/v000454/index.shtml

Meta Information

Dataset Title
Children who were the subject of a child protection plan at 31 March, rates per 10,000 children.
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Contact Address
Contact E-mail Address
mailbox.dataoutputsunit@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
The dataset contains national and local figures on children and young people who were the subject of a child protection plan.
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
The figures are based on statistical returns from all 152 local authorities with social services responsibilities.
Concepts and Definitions
The data used are based on definitions and procedures outlined in the Framework for the Assessment of Children in Need and their Families, published in 2000.
Data Classifications
Children and young people on child protection registers at 31 March
Edit and Imputation Procedures
None
Validation and Quality Assurance
Data validated against historic data from this series
Geographic Referencing
Local Authority (LA) and Government Office Region (GOR)
- Records were collected at LA level before being aggregated to GOR and National level.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
Very small numbers have been rounded and suppressed to ensure no individual can be identified.
Sources for Further Information or Advice
Characteristics of Children in Need in England.
http://www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway/

Meta Information

Dataset Title
The percentage of children looked after adopted during the year who were placed for adoption within 12 months of a local authority deciding that the child should be placed for adoption (and were subsequently adopted in that placement).
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Ms Natalie Corke
Contact Address
4 FL
SANCTUARY BUILDINGS
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Contact E-mail Address
natalie.corke@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
National and local figures on the number of children adopted in the year who were placed for adoption within 12 months of a local authority deciding that the child should be placed for adoption.
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Data provided by 152 local authorities in England and extracted from tables published annually, by DfE.
Concepts and Definitions
Data Classifications
Looked after children placed for adoption
Edit and Imputation Procedures
None
Validation and Quality Assurance
Data validated against historic data held by DfE
Geographic Referencing
LA and Government Office Region - Records were collected at Local Authority (LA) level before being aggregated to GOR and National level.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
To ensure that no individual can be identified from statistical tables, we use conventions for the rounding and suppression of very small numbers.
All numbers which appear in the national summary tables have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise.
Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the table by a hyphen (-). Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers unless the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, in which case they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen.
Note that percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
The following convention has been used: "X" means not applicable.

At local council level the England totals have been rounded either to the nearest 10, or the nearest 100 following the rule outlined above.
Regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. All other numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, and numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the published table by a hyphen (-).
Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers, but where the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen. Where a percentage is zero because the number from which that percentage has been calculated is a zero, the percentage is shown as zero.

It has been necessary to suppress other figures whenever it would be possible to calculate the value of a suppressed number by means of simple arithmetic. The rule applied in these circumstances has been to suppress the next smallest data item provided its value is strictly less than 20.

Sources for Further Information or Advice
www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway

Meta Information

Dataset Title
The percentage of children looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year ending 31 March.
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Ms Natalie Corke
Contact Address
4 FL
SANCTUARY BUILDINGS
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Contact E-mail Address
natalie.corke@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
National and local figures on the percentage of children looked after at 31 March with three or more placements during the year ending 31 March.
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Data provided by 152 local authorities in England and extracted from tables published annually, by DfE.
Concepts and Definitions
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
None
Validation and Quality Assurance
Data validated against historic data held by DfE
Geographic Referencing
LA and Government Office Region - Records were collected at Local Authority (LA) level before being aggregated to GOR and National level.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
To ensure that no individual can be identified from statistical tables, we use conventions for the rounding and suppression of very small numbers.
All numbers which appear in the national summary tables have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise.
Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the table by a hyphen (-). Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers unless the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, in which case they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen.
Note that percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
The following convention has been used: "X" means not applicable.

At local council level the England totals have been rounded either to the nearest 10, or the nearest 100 following the rule outlined above.
Regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. All other numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, and numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the published table by a hyphen (-).
Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers, but where the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen. Where a percentage is zero because the number from which that percentage has been calculated is a zero, the percentage is shown as zero.

It has been necessary to suppress other figures whenever it would be possible to calculate the value of a suppressed number by means of simple arithmetic. The rule applied in these circumstances has been to suppress the next smallest data item provided its value is strictly less than 20.

Sources for Further Information or Advice
www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway

Meta Information

Dataset Title
The percentage of children looked after aged under 16 at 31 March who had been looked after continuously for at least 2.5 years who were living in the same placement for at least 2 years, or are placed for adoption and their adoptive placement together with their previous placement together last for at least 2 years.
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Ms Natalie Corke
Contact Address
4 FL
SANCTUARY BUILDINGS
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Contact E-mail Address
natalie.corke@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
National and local figures on the percentage of children looked after aged under 16 at 31 March who had been looked after continuously for at least 2.5 years who were living in the same placement for at least 2 years, or are placed for adoption and their adoptive placement together with their previous placement together last for at least 2 years.
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Data provided by 152 local authorities in England and extracted from tables published annually, by DfE.
Concepts and Definitions
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
None
Validation and Quality Assurance
Data validated against historic data held by DfE
Geographic Referencing
LA and Government Office Region - Records were collected at Local Authority (LA) level before being aggregated to GOR and National level.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
To ensure that no individual can be identified from statistical tables, we use conventions for the rounding and suppression of very small numbers.
All numbers which appear in the national summary tables have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise.
Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the table by a hyphen (-). Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers unless the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, in which case they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen.
Note that percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
The following convention has been used: "X" means not applicable.

At local council level the England totals have been rounded either to the nearest 10, or the nearest 100 following the rule outlined above.
Regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. All other numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, and numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the published table by a hyphen (-).
Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers, but where the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen. Where a percentage is zero because the number from which that percentage has been calculated is a zero, the percentage is shown as zero.

It has been necessary to suppress other figures whenever it would be possible to calculate the value of a suppressed number by means of simple arithmetic. The rule applied in these circumstances has been to suppress the next smallest data item provided its value is strictly less than 20.

Sources for Further Information or Advice
www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway

Meta Information

Dataset Title
The percentage of children looked after cases which should have been reviewed during the year ending 31 March that were reviewed on time during the year.
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Ms Natalie Corke
Contact Address
4 FL
SANCTUARY BUILDINGS
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Contact E-mail Address
natalie.corke@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
National and local figures on the percentage of children looked after cases which should have been reviewed during the year ending 31 March that were reviewed on time during the year.
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Data provided by 150 local authorities in England and extracted from tables published annually, by DfE.
Concepts and Definitions
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
None
Validation and Quality Assurance
Data validated against historic data held by DfE
Geographic Referencing
LA and Government Office Region - Records were collected at Local Authority (LA) level before being aggregated to GOR and National level.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
To ensure that no individual can be identified from statistical tables, we use conventions for the rounding and suppression of very small numbers.
All numbers which appear in the national summary tables have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise.
Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the table by a hyphen (-). Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers unless the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, in which case they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen.
Note that percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
The following convention has been used: "X" means not applicable.

At local council level the England totals have been rounded either to the nearest 10, or the nearest 100 following the rule outlined above.
Regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. All other numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, and numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the published table by a hyphen (-).
Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers, but where the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen. Where a percentage is zero because the number from which that percentage has been calculated is a zero, the percentage is shown as zero.

It has been necessary to suppress other figures whenever it would be possible to calculate the value of a suppressed number by means of simple arithmetic. The rule applied in these circumstances has been to suppress the next smallest data item provided its value is strictly less than 20.

Sources for Further Information or Advice
www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway

Meta Information

Dataset Title
The percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in suitable accommodation. National Indicator 147.
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Ms Natalie Corke
Contact Address
4 FL
SANCTUARY BUILDINGS
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Contact E-mail Address
natalie.corke@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
National and local figures on the percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in suitable accommodation.
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Data provided by 152 local authorities in England and extracted from tables published annually, by DfE.
Concepts and Definitions
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
None
Validation and Quality Assurance
Data validated against historic data held by DfE
Geographic Referencing
LA and Government Office Region - Records were collected at Local Authority (LA) level before being aggregated to GOR and National level.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
To ensure that no individual can be identified from statistical tables, we use conventions for the rounding and suppression of very small numbers.
All numbers which appear in the national summary tables have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise.
Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the table by a hyphen (-). Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers unless the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, in which case they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen.
Note that percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
The following convention has been used: "X" means not applicable.

At local council level the England totals have been rounded either to the nearest 10, or the nearest 100 following the rule outlined above.
Regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. All other numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, and numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the published table by a hyphen (-).
Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers, but where the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen. Where a percentage is zero because the number from which that percentage has been calculated is a zero, the percentage is shown as zero.

It has been necessary to suppress other figures whenever it would be possible to calculate the value of a suppressed number by means of simple arithmetic. The rule applied in these circumstances has been to suppress the next smallest data item provided its value is strictly less than 20.

Sources for Further Information or Advice
www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway

Meta Information

Dataset Title
The percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in education, employment or training.
Geographic Coverage
England
Contact Name
Ms Natalie Corke
Contact Address
4 FL
SANCTUARY BUILDINGS
Great Smith Street
London
SW1P 3BT
Contact E-mail Address
natalie.corke@education.gsi.gov.uk
Statistical Metadata
Scope and Purpose
National and local figures on the percentage of former care leavers aged 19 who were looked after on 1 April in their 17th year, who were in education, employment or training.
Administrative / Methodological Procedures
Data provided by 152 local authorities in England and extracted from tables published annually, by DfE.
Concepts and Definitions
Data Classifications
Edit and Imputation Procedures
None
Validation and Quality Assurance
Data validated against historic data held by DfE
Geographic Referencing
LA and Government Office Region - Records were collected at Local Authority (LA) level before being aggregated to GOR and National level.
Disclosure Control / Confidentiality
To ensure that no individual can be identified from statistical tables, we use conventions for the rounding and suppression of very small numbers.
All numbers which appear in the national summary tables have been rounded to the nearest 100 if they exceed 1,000 and to the nearest 10 otherwise.
Numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the table by a hyphen (-). Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers unless the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, in which case they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen.
Note that percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
The following convention has been used: "X" means not applicable.

At local council level the England totals have been rounded either to the nearest 10, or the nearest 100 following the rule outlined above.
Regional totals have been rounded to the nearest 10. All other numbers have been rounded to the nearest five, and numbers from 1 to 5 inclusive have been suppressed, being replaced in the published table by a hyphen (-).
Percentages have been rounded to whole numbers, but where the numerator was five or less or the denominator was 10 or less, they have been suppressed and replaced by a hyphen. Where a percentage is zero because the number from which that percentage has been calculated is a zero, the percentage is shown as zero.

It has been necessary to suppress other figures whenever it would be possible to calculate the value of a suppressed number by means of simple arithmetic. The rule applied in these circumstances has been to suppress the next smallest data item provided its value is strictly less than 20.

Sources for Further Information or Advice
www.education.gov.uk/rsgateway