Children Looked After Statistics in Scotland, Including Aftercare Eligibility

Scottish Government National Statistics on the number of children starting, ceasing, and being looked after, broken down by children's characteristics. The data includes information on children eligible for aftercare support. The dataset is designated as official National Statistics and was last updated on July 8, 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in children entering and leaving care based on the statistics for starting and ceasing.
• Profile the characteristics of the looked-after children population using the breakdown by children's characteristics.
• Evaluate aftercare support systems based on the data about children eligible for such support.

Strengths

• Designated as official National Statistics by the Scottish Government, indicating a formal quality assurance process.
• Includes specific metrics for children starting, ceasing, and being looked after, allowing for trend analysis.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment for large-scale modeling.

Provenance

Source

Scottish Government

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:31:40.574786; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Scotland