Guidance

Looked-after children statistics in England: guide

How we produce statistics on looked-after children.

• From: Department for Education
• Published: 28 March 2018
• Last updated: 18 May 2020
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  1. 18 May 2020

     Updated to include information for the ‘Outcomes for children looked after by local authorities: 31 March 2019’ statistical release.

  2. 5 December 2019

     Updated to include information for the 2018 to 2019 looked-after children statistical release.

  3. 9 May 2019

     Document 'A guide to looked-after children statistics in England' updated to include information for the 2017 to 2018 outcomes release.

  4. 15 November 2018

     Updated to include data quality and methodology information for the 2017 to 2018 statistical release.

  5. 28 March 2018

     First published.

Applies to England

Documents

A guide to looked-after children statistics in England

Ref: SFR50/2017

PDF, 525 KB, 47 pages

Details

This is a guide to looked-after children statistics published by the Department for Education.

The guide explains:

• data collection and coverage

• data processing

• information on published statistics

• data quality and uses