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Looked After Children linkage data - Scotland

Description

A longitudinal dataset based on annual returns of administrative data on looked after children data supplied by local authorities to Scottish Government for statistical purposes. Looked after children are those children in the care of a local authority.

Related tags

ADR Administrative Administrative Data Research Children and young people Social work looked after children

Related resources

Available resource files can be downloaded below.

File name

adr-s-data-sourcing-looked-after-children-metadata

Type

XLSX

File name

Data Explained - Scottish Government’s Looked After Children Longitudinal Dataset

Type

PDF

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  • Publisher
    Scottish Government
  • Contact
    statistics.enquiries@gov.scot
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Key Details

  • Activity that generated the dataset
    No information available
  • Conforms to
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  • Creator
    Chris Wood
  • Documentation
    The dataset comprises annual returns provided by local authorities that were sent to Scottish Government. The data are contained in two tables. Placement dataset with one record per care placement per child giving details of child characteristics, dates and details of episodes of care, and dates and details of care placements. Legal reasons dataset with one record per legal reason for care per child giving details of child characteristics, dates and legal reasons.
  • End time period of data covered by this dataset
    2019-07-31
  • Formal release or publication date
    2023-07-27
  • Geographic Area
    Scotland
  • Landing page
    No information available
  • Language
    English
  • Provenance
    No information available
  • Start time period of data covered by this dataset
    2008-04-01
  • The dataset type
    dataset
  • Theme/category
    No information available
  • Update frequency
    irregular

Versions and updates

  • A description of the differences between this version and a previous version of the dataset
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  • The most recent data on which the dataset was changed or modified
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  • Version
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Further details

  • A related dataset from which this dataset is derived
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  • Other identifiers
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  • Qualified attribution
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  • Qualified relation
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  • Sample distribution of the dataset
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  • The minimum spacial separation resolvable in the dataset, measured in meters
    No information available
  • The minimum time period resolvable in the dataset
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