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Looked After Children Birthdays (LACB)

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. The dataset LACB includes all care leavers who turned 19 years old between 1st April 2002 and 31st March 2016. There are no updates past march 2016.

Coverage

Spatial:
United Kingdom,Wales
Typical Age Range:
0-19
Follow Up:
OTHER
Pathway:
Administrative. Linkable to health datasets across patient pathway.

Provenance

Origin

Purposes:
ADMINISTRATIVE
Sources:
EPR
Collection Situations:
COMMUNITY

Temporal

Accrual Periodicity:
ANNUAL
Distribution Release Date:
23 September 2021
Start Date:
21 June 1999
End Date:
31 March 2016
Time Lag:
2-6 MONTHS

Accessibility

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.
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.
Jurisdictions:
GB-WLS
Data Controller:
SAIL Databank
Data Processor:
SAIL Databank

Usage

Data Use Limitations:
GENERAL RESEARCH USE
Resource Creators:
Welsh Government

Format and Standards

Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
Conforms To:
LOCAL
Languages:
en
Formats:
SQL Database Table

Enrichment and Linkage

Qualified Relations:
Yes. To any SAIL dataset & reference data.,ALL

Observations

Statistical Population
Population Description
Population Size
Measured Property
Observation Date
EVENTS
Approx 70-80% coverage of Welsh population through GP registrations.
3000000
Count
01 September 2021