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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. It is a subset of the primary Looked After Children in Wales (LACW) dataset. Other subsets include: Looked After Children Adoption (LACA); Looked After Children Care Leavers aged 16 and over (LACC); 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:
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.
Delivery Lead Time:
Not applicable
Jurisdictions:
GB-WLS
Data Controller:
SAIL Databank
Data Processor:
SAIL Databank
Usage
Data Use Limitations:
General research use
Data Use Requirements:
- Project-specific restrictions
- Institution-specific restrictions
- Time limit on use
- User-specific restriction
Resource Creators:
Welsh Government
Format and Standards
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes:
LOCAL
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
01 September 2021