Looked after children linkage data - Scotland
Data and Resources
Additional Info
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Contact point | statistics.enquiries@gov.scot |
| Dataset privacy | Maximally Restricted |
| Dataset access requirements | https://www.adruk.org/data-access/trusted-research-environments/#c4817 |
| Landing Page | |
| Creator | Scottish Government |
| Tags | ADR,Administrative Data Research,Administrative,Children and young people,Social work,looked after children |
| Publisher | Scottish Government |
| Geographical coverage | Scotland |
| Start of time period covered by this dataset | 2008-04-01 |
| End of time period covered by this dataset | 2019-07-31 |
| Theme / Category | |
| Access rights | Trusted Research Environments - ADR UK |
| Conforms To | |
| 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. |
| Publishing frequency | IRREGULAR |
| Language | English |
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| Provenance | |
| Qualified Attribution | Scottish Government |
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| Release or publication Date | 2023-06-20 |
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| Dataset type | Administrative |
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