Data set from Children in need

C2 Children in Need Assessments by Duration

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Published 26 November 2020

Last updated 26 November 2020

Assessments completed by children's social care services in the year ending 31 March, by duration of assessment.

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Data set details

• Theme: Children's social care
• Publication: Children in need
• Release: Reporting year 2020
• Number of rows: 1,148
• Geographic levels: Local authority, National, Regional
• Indicators:
  • 1 to 10 days
  • 11 to 20 days
  • 21 to 30 days
  • 25th percentile (days)
  • 31 to 40 days
  • 41 to 45 days
  • 46 to 50 days
  • 51 to 60 days
  • 61 days and over
  • 75th percentile (days)
  • Median (days)
  • Number of assessments in the year
  • Rate per 10000 children aged under 18 years
  • Started and finished the same day
• Time period: 2014 to 2020

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Table showing first 5 rows, from underlying data

time_period	time_identifier	geographic_level	country_code	country_name	region_code	region_name	old_la_code	new_la_code	la_name	category	Assessments_completed	Assessments_completed_rate	Same_day	1-10_days	11-20_days	21-30_days	31-40_days	41-45_days	46-50_days	51-60_days	61+_days	25th_Percentile_days	Median_days	75th_Percentile_days
2020	Reporting year	National	E92000001	England						Duration of assessment	665660	553.6	14310	77930	112100	112180	133120	108520	38070	31550	37900	17	32	43
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000001	North East				Duration of assessment	35710	671.1	310	3970	6470	6030	5860	9080	1480	1250	1270	17	33	44
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000002	North West				Duration of assessment	98730	631.5	1670	9890	15360	16610	19060	17110	6450	5560	7030	19	34	44
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000003	Yorkshire and the Humber				Duration of assessment	83140	710.6	1990	11990	13390	11350	13840	13850	4610	4430	7700	15	33	44
2020	Reporting year	Regional	E92000001	England	E12000004	East Midlands				Duration of assessment	56900	567.5	940	6150	13770	11110	10900	6920	2780	2050	2280	16	27	40

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Variables in this data set

Table showing all 14 variables

Variable name	Variable description
1-10_days	1 to 10 days
11-20_days	11 to 20 days
21-30_days	21 to 30 days
25th_Percentile_days	25th percentile (days)
31-40_days	31 to 40 days
41-45_days	41 to 45 days
46-50_days	46 to 50 days
51-60_days	51 to 60 days
61+_days	61 days and over
75th_Percentile_days	75th percentile (days)
Assessments_completed	Number of assessments in the year
Assessments_completed_rate	Rate per 10000 children aged under 18 years
Median_days	Median (days)
Same_day	Started and finished the same day

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Footnotes

1. Local authorities undertake assessments of the needs of individual children to determine what services to provide and action to take. An assessment should be completed within 45 working days of a referral.
2. The duration of an assessment is calculated as the time in working days between the assessment start date and the assessment end date.
3. Rates per 10,000 of the population of children aged under 18 years are calculated using Office for National Statistics (ONS) mid-year population estimates for children aged 0 to 17 years in England.

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Email: cin.stats@education.gov.uk
Contact name: Andy Brook

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