Children starting to be looked after during year to 31 March by local authority and need for care

Data collected from 2003-2021 for all local authorities. This includes:

Isle of Anglesey
Gwynedd
Conwy
Denbighshire
Flintshire
Wrexham
Powys
Ceredigion
Pembrokeshire
Carmarthenshire
Swansea
Neath Port Talbot
Bridgend
Vale of Glamorgan
Cardiff
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Merthyr Tydfil
Caerphilly
Blaenau Gwent
Torfaen
Monmouthshire
Newport

Response scale for all local authorities:
Disability (number of children)
Parental illness or disability (number of children)
Abuse or neglect (number of children)
Family in acute stress (number of children)
Family dysfunction (number of children)
Socially Unacceptable Behaviour (number of children)
Absent Parenting (including child given up for adoption) (number of children)
Adoption disruption (number of children)
Total children starting to be looked after by need for care (number of children)