The dataset 'Children Looked After by Local Authorities in England' provides information about looked after children in England. The figures are based on data from the SSDA903 return collected from all 150 English local authorities. It is designated as National Statistics and is published by the Department for Education.
Use Cases
- Analyze trends in the number of children entering care based on national statistics.
- Benchmark local authority performance in child social care based on SSDA903 return data.
- Study the distribution of looked after children across England's 150 local authorities.
Strengths
- Data is collected from all 150 English local authorities, providing national coverage.
- Designated as National Statistics, indicating adherence to official statistical standards.
- Based on the standardized SSDA903 return, suggesting consistent data collection.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Department for Education
- Collection Method
- Data from the SSDA903 return collected from all 150 English local authorities.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:25.170340; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- England