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Vulnerable children and young people survey

A summary of local authority surveys in England illustrating the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on children’s social care.

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From:
Department for Education
Published:
26 August 2020
Last updated:
15 December 2022
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  1. Added a link to the Explore Education Statistics website, where 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 39' - the final document in this series, comprising statistics from all earlier surveys - has been published.

  2. Added 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 27 to 31'.

  3. Added 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 26'.

  4. Added the ‘Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 25’ document with the most up-to-date figures.

  5. Added 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 24'.

  6. Added 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 23'.

  7. Added 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 22'.

  8. Added 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 21'.

  9. Added 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 19'.

  10. Added 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 17'.

  11. Added 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 14'.

  12. Added 'Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 12'.

  13. Added data for waves 1 to 10 and re-added waves 1 to 4, which has been reissued, as it contains analysis of the open text questions that is not repeated in the waves 1 to 10 document.

  14. Replaced 'waves 1 to 4' file with waves '1 to 8'.

  15. First published.

Applies to England

Documents

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 39

https://explore-education-statistics.service.gov.uk/find-statistics/vulnerable-children-and-young-people-survey/2022-july

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 27 to 31

PDF, 343 KB, 22 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 26

PDF, 658 KB, 28 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 25

PDF, 340 KB, 28 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 24

PDF, 676 KB, 28 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 23

PDF, 639 KB, 27 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 22

PDF, 344 KB, 25 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 21

PDF, 338 KB, 24 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 19

Ref: DfE-00032-2021

PDF, 329 KB, 23 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 17

Ref: DfE-00018-2021

PDF, 558 KB, 20 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 14

Ref: DfE-00215-2020

PDF, 312 KB, 20 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 12

Ref: DfE-00200-2020

PDF, 342 KB, 23 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 10

Ref: DfE-00181-2020

PDF, 336 KB, 21 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 8

Ref: DfE-00153-2020

PDF, 329 KB, 22 pages

Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 4

Ref: DfE-00189-2020

PDF, 317 KB, 19 pages

Details

The vulnerable children and young people (VCYP) survey collected 39 waves of data between May 2020 and July 2022. The survey is no longer being collected and no further documents relating to the survey are planned to be published.

Use the ‘Vulnerable children and young people survey: waves 1 to 39’ document available on the Explore Education Statistics website for the most up-to-date and final figures. Figures may differ to previously published documents due to late submissions and corrections to the data returned.

The summary of findings presented cover:

  • numbers and contact with children supported by local authorities
  • children’s social care workforce availability
  • cost and system pressures

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