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Looked After Children Wales (LACW)
Population Size
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1999 - 2022
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None/not available
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United Kingdom
Wales
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2-6 months
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The primary dataset containing information relating to Looked After Children in Wales (LACW). It is an annual census that includes individual demographic and episode level information of care that a child has received that year.
Subsets of this main dataset include: Looked After Children Adoption (LACA); 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 ALFs are available in the LAC ALF DERIVED table.
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Observed Node | Disambiguating Description | Measured Value | Measured Property | Observation Date |
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Events | Approx 70-80% coverage of Welsh population through GP registrations. | 3000000 | Count | 31 Aug 2021 |
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08/10/2024
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20/06/1999
End date
28/03/2022
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