Episodes finishing for children looked after during year to 31 March by local authority and reason for finishing

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 (number of episodes):
Episode ceases and new episode begins on same or next day
Adopted (adoption order granted by court on date episode ceased) is subdivided into
– Adopted, application unopposed
– Adopted, consent dispensed with
Died
Care taken over by another LA in the UK
Returned home to live with parents, relatives or other person with parental responsibility
Special guardianship order made to former foster carers
Special guardianship order made to carers other than former foster carers
Moved into independent living arrangement and no longer looked after: supportive accommodation providing formalised advice/support arrangements (e.g. most hostels, YMCAs, foyers, and care leavers projects)
Moved into independent living arrangement and no longer looked after: accommodation providing no formalised advice/support arrangements (e.g. B&B, bedsit, own flat, living with friends)
Transferred to care of adult social services
Sentenced to custody
Period of being looked after ceased for any other reason
Turned 18 years old and continuing to live with former foster parent(s) in a When I Am Ready arrangement
Total