Looked after children aged 16 to 17 in independent or semi-independent placements
Reporting year 2021

Description

Data on the number and characteristics of children looked-after placed aged 16 to 17 in independent or semi-independent accommodation.

Coverage

2021

Data files

Characteristics

Filename: characteristics.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2021
Content summary: The number of children looked-after aged 16 to 17 placed in independent or semi-independent accommodation in 2021, disaggregated by age, gender, ethnicity, disability, legal status, placement provider, locality of placement and time to start of placement.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name     |  Variable description
----------------  |  -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
characteristics   |  Characteristics - Filter by demographics, UASC status, placement provider, locality of placement, and time to start
number_children   |  Number of children
percent_children  |  Percentage of children
placement         |  Placement - Filter by placement type


Time series

Filename: timeseries.csv
Geographic levels: National
Time period: 2012 to 2021
Content summary: The number and proportion of children looked-after aged 16 to 17 placed in independent or semi-independent accommodation, 2012 to 2021.

Variable names and descriptions for this file are provided below:

Variable name     |  Variable description
----------------  |  ------------------------------------
number_children   |  Number of children
percent_children  |  Percentage of children
placement         |  Placement - Filter by placement type
