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Looked After Children Adoption (LACA)
Dataset
Summary
Citation:
CITATION INCOMPLETE
Documentation
Description:
Children who are "looked after" by the State are considered one of the most vulnerable groups in society. Being in State care is associated with poor social, educational and health outcomes. Exploring how to improve the system and better support children in care is key to improving these outcomes. When children and young people come to the attention of children"s social services a significant amount of information about their care experience is routinely collected by local authorities. In Wales, routine data are captured in the "Children Looked After" Census which is submitted annually to the Welsh Government. This dataset includes details of all adoptions of looked after children in Wales.
This dataset is a subset of the primary Looked After Children in Wales (LACW) dataset. Other subsets include: Looked After Children Care Leavers aged 16 and over (LACC); Looked After Children Birthday 19 (LACB: 1999 - 2016); and Looked after Children - Education Qualifications (LACE). LACE was discontinued in 2016 (1999 - 2016) and included within LACW.
Due to the small number of looked after children with an Anonymised Linkage Field (ALF, 37%), a two-stage algorithm was developed. This algorithm utilises other datasets within SAIL to allocate children within the LACW ALF, increasing the overall ALF match rate to 61%. The improved ALF matches are available in the LAC ALF DERIVED table, part of the LACW dataset, and can be obtained by combined the SYSTEM_ID and LOCAL_AUTHORITY_CODE.
Coverage
Spatial
Spatial Coverage:
United Kingdom,Wales
Temporal
Start Date:
20 June 1999
End Date:
30 May 2021
Frequency:
Annual
Distribution Release Date:
22 September 2021
Provenance
Source:
EPR
Purpose:
Administrative
Collection Situation:
Community
Access and Governance
Usage
Condition of Access:
General research use
Condition of Use:
- Project-specific restrictions
- Time limit on use
- User-specific restriction
- Institution-specific restrictions
Resource Creator:
Welsh Government
Access
Access Service:
The SAIL Databank is powered by the UK Secure e-Research Platform (UKSeRP). Following approval through safeguard processes, access to project-specific data within the secure environment is permitted using two-factor authentication.
Jurisdictions:
GB-WLS
Data Controller:
SAIL Databank
Access Request Cost:
Data provision is free from SAIL. Overall project costing depends on the number
of people that require access to the SAIL Gateway, the activities that SAIL
needs to complete (e.g. loading non-standard datasets), data refreshes,
analytical work required, disclosure control process, and special case
technological requirements.
Data Processor:
SAIL Databank
Format and Standards
Languages:
en
Formats:
SQL Database Table
Observations
Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
Events
Approx 70-80% coverage of Welsh population through GP registrations.
3000000
Count
31 August 2021
Origin
Name:
SAIL Databank (Wales)