SINGLE MEASURE

Legal status of looked after child

Sweep Title: Children looked after
Dataset: National Pupil Database (NPD)

Question(s)

Legal Status of looked after child’s most recent episode during processing year.

Response scale

C1 = Interim care order
C2 = Full care order
D1 = Freeing order granted
E1 = Placement order granted
V2 = Single period of accommodation under section 20
V3 = Accommodated under an agreed series of short-term breaks, when individual episodes of care are recorded
V4 = Accommodated under an agreed series of short-term breaks, when agreements are recorded (i.e. NOT individual episodes of care)
L1 = Under police protection and in local authority accommodation
L2 = Emergency protection order
L3 = Under child assessment order and in local authority accommodation
J1 = On remand, or committed for trial or sentence, and accommodated by Local Authority
J2 = Detained in Local Authority accommodation under PACE
J3 = Sentenced to CYPA 1969 Supervision Order with residence requirement

Participant age 0 - 16
Starts January 2005
Ends January 2022
Provision OR Receipt OR Need? Receipt;
Informant: Education professional
Multiple rater? No
Reporting Term Past year
Standard instrument? No
Measure ID npd-2614