Looked After Children Statistics
(Period 1 April 2017 to 31 March 2018)
NB: The figures contained herein relate to numbers of children placed during or who were live between 1 April 2017 and 31 March 2018
Prepared by Andrea Prior, LAC Team Support Administrator
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BCU LAC statistics for the period 1.4.17 to 31.3.18 3 - 5
New placements within BCUHB from OONW 6
Current “live” LAC from OONW into BCUHB prior to or 7 during 1.4.17 to 31.3.18
Snapshot statistics for current LAC as at 30.3.18 8 -10
Snapshot statistics for BCUHB LAC placed OONW as at 11 30.3.18
Snapshot statistics for OONW LAC placed within BCUHB 12 - 14 as at 30.3.18
Timeliness of notifications for start to be LAC or change of 15 - 18 Placement
NB: This statistical report has been prepared using the data that has been submitted prior to the time of preparation and may not accurately reflect the true figure given missing/outstanding information
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BCU LAC STATISTICS FOR THE PERIOD 1.4.17 TO 31.3.18
ANGLESEY
A total of 165 Looked After Children were within the various Counties of North Wales and also outside of North Wales under the remit of Anglesey Local Authority. NB: some placements changed County during this period which accounts for the chart showing 205.
ANGLESEY (165)
3% 7% Anglesey (123) 8% Conwy (24)
4% Denbighshire (12) 6% Flintshire (9) 60% Gwynedd (17) 12% Wrexham (6) Placed OONW (14)
CONWY
A total of 243 Looked After Children were within the various Counties of North Wales and also outside of North Wales under the remit of Conwy Local Authority. NB: some placements changed County during this period which accounts for the chart showing 285
CONWY LAC (243)
2% 2% 3% 8% Conwy (194) Anglesey (4) Denbighshire (36) 13% Flintshire (7) 1% Gwynedd (6) 71% Wrexham (6) Placed OONW (21)
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DENBIGHSHIRE
A total of 209 Looked After Children were within the various Counties of North Wales and also outside of North Wales under the remit of Denbighshire Local Authority. NB: some placements changed County during this period which accounts for the chart showing 240.
DENBIGHSHIRE LAC (209)
3% 10% Denbighshire (170) 3% Anglesey (5) 5% Conwy (15) 6% Flintshire (11) 2% Gwynedd (6) 71% Wrexham (8) Placed OONW (25)
FLINTSHIRE
A total of 270 Looked After Children were within the various Counties of North Wales and also outside of North Wales under the remit of Flintshire Local Authority. NB: some placements changed County during this period which accounts for the chart showing 296.
Flintshire LAC (270)
15% Flintshire (188) 3% 2% Anglesey (1) Conwy (10) 10% Denbighshire (27)
3% Gwynedd (6) 67% Wrexham (8) 0% OONW (41)
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GWYNEDD
A total of 259 Looked After Children were placed within the various Counties of North Wales and also outside of North Wales under the remit of Gwynedd Local Authority. NB: some placements changed County during this period which accounts for the chart showing 288.
Gwynedd LAC (259)
2% 2% 10% Gwynedd (204) 4% Anglesey (19) 4% Conwy (11)
7% Denbighshire (13) Flintshire (6) 71% Wrexham (7) OONW (28)
WREXHAM
A total of 283 Looked After Children were within the various Counties of North Wales and also outside of North Wales under the remit of Wrexham Local Authority. NB: some placements changed County during this period which accounts for the chart showing 311.
Wrexham LAC (283)
Wrexham (210) 1% 14% Anglesey (1) 9% Conwy (8) Denbighshire (17) 5% Flintshire (27) 3% 68% 0% Gwynedd (3) OONW (45)
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PLACEMENTS WITHIN BCUHB FROM OUTSIDE OF NORTH WALES
During the period 1.4.17 to 31.3.18, there were 203 new LAC placements into North Wales from outside of BCUHB. The following chart represents the total numbers placed into each County during this period.
New Placements into BCUHB Counties from Outside of North Wales Between 1.4.17 and 31.3.18 (Total 203) 45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
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Numberofplacements within each BCU County 0 Anglesey Denbighshire Gwynedd Conwy Flintshire Wrexham Series1 27 41 41 18 37 39
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The following chart represents the 456 live LAC placed from outside of North Wales into the various Counties within BCUHB either prior to or during 1.4.17 to 31.3.18
Current Live LAC from Out of North Wales Into BCUHB Counties 1.4.17 and 31.3.18 (Total 456) 120
100
80
60
40
20 Numberofplacements within each BCU County
0 Anglesey Denbighshire Gwynedd Conwy Flintshire Wrexham Series1 49 114 74 47 85 87
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LAC STATISTICS AS AT 30.3.18 (SNAPSHOT)
The “snapshots” reflects the current LAC position within BCUHB on 30 March 2017. Also shown are the 2016-17 figures for comparison.
Anglesey LAC placed in host, other BCU Counties and OONW 120
100
80
60
40
20
0 OONW Anglesey Denbighs placed NUMBER OF LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN Anglesey Conwy Flintshire Gwynedd Wrexham placed hire into OONW Anglesey 2017-18 104 15 7 5 10 5 7 20 2016-17 101 21 7 4 6 3 11 22
Conwy LAC placed in host, other BCU Counties & OONW 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 OONW Conwy Denbighs placed Conwy Anglesey Flintshire Gwynedd Wrexham placed hire into
NUMBER OF LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN OONW Conwy 2017-18 147 1 32 6 4 5 15 28 2016-17 165 3 21 6 6 6 18 31
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Denbighshire LAC placed in host, other BCU Counties & OONW 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0
NUMBER OF LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN OONW Denbighs placed Denbighs hire Anglesey Conwy Flintshire Gwynedd Wrexham into hire placed Denbighs OONW hire 2017-18 136 4 10 8 3 6 21 83 2016-17 140 4 11 7 5 2 16 80
Flintshire LAC placed in host, other BCU Counties & OONW 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 OONW Flintshire NUMBER OF LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN Denbighsh placed Flintshire Anglesey Conwy Gwynedd Wrexham placed ire into OONW Flintshire 2017-18 157 0 6 20 3 12 31 64 2016-17 158 0 10 26 2 18 35 47
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Gwynedd LAC placed in host, other BCU counties & OONW 250
200
150
100
50
0 Gwynedd Denbighshi
NUMBER OF LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN Gwynedd Anglesey Conwy Flintshire Wrexham placed re OONW 2017-18 183 13 9 10 3 4 19 2016-17 200 14 8 11 6 4 20
Wrexham LAC placed in host, other BCU Counties & OONW 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 OONW Wrexham Denbighs placed
NUMBER OF LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN Wrexham Anglesey Conwy Flintshire Gwynedd placed hire into OONW Wrexham 2017-18 189 1 6 9 18 2 27 53 2016-17 153 2 7 16 17 1 30 58
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BCU LAC PLACED OONW AS AT 30 MARCH 2018 (TOTAL 121)
Anglesey Conwy Denbs Flintshire Gwynedd Wrexham Abergavenny 1 Aberystwyth 2 Amanford 1 Birmingham 1 Blackburn 1 Bridgend 1 Brighton 3 Cannock 1 Cardiff 1 1 Ceredigion 1 Cheshire 4 Chester 6 Chorley 1 Co Louth, Ireland 1 Doncaster 1 Kernow 1 Lancashire 2 1 1 1 Leeds 1 Liverpool 2 2 1 1 Manchester 1 3 1 1 1 Monmouthshire 1 Nottingham 1 Pembrokeshire 1 1 Powys 1 2 Rochdale 1 Rugby 1 Runcorn 2 Sheffield 1 Shropshire 1 12 South Derbyshire 1 Southport 1 1 St Helens 1 1 Staffordshire 1 2 1 1 Stockport 4 3 1 Stoke on Trent 1 2 1 1 Swansea 3 Telford 1 Warrington 1 Warwickshire 1 West Bromwich 1 West Cheshire 3 4 West Leicestershire 1 West Midlands 1 Widnes 1 Wigan 1 2 Wirral 1 1 Wolverhamton 1 1 Worcestershire 1 Unknown 1 Totals 7 15 21 31 19 28 11
OONW LAC PLACED IN BCUHB AS AT 30 MARCH 2018 (TOTAL 285)
Anglesey Conwy Denbs Flintshire Gwynedd Wrexham Total Barking/Dagenham 1 1 Barnet 1 1 Bedford 1 1 Belfast 1 1 Berkshire 1 1 Birmingham Cross City 1 1 1 1 4 Blackburn 1 1 Blackpool 1 1 Bolton 3 1 4 Bracknell 1 1 Bradford 1 1 Brighton 1 1 Bristol 1 1 Bromley 1 1 Buckinghamshire 1 1 Burnley 3 3 Bury 1 1 Caerphilly 1 1 2 Calderdale 1 1 Camden 1 1 Cardiff 1 1 Carmarthen 1 1 Cheshire & Wirral 3 2 5 Cornwall 1 1 Devon 1 1 Devon 1 1 Dorset 1 1 Dudley 2 1 2 5 Dundee 1 1 East Cheshire 1 1 Essex 1 1 Glasgow 1 1 Greenwich 1 1 2 Halton 3 1 4 Hampshire 1 1 Herefordshire 1 2 3 Hertfordshire 1 1 Hillingdon 1 1 Huddersfield 1 1 2 Knowsley 2 1 1 4 Lancashire 1 2 3 Leeds 1 1 2 Leicestershire 1 1 2 Lewisham 1 1 Liverpool 1 4 4 1 10 Manchester 1 7 2 7 1 18 Medway 1 1 12
Neath 1 1 Newham 1 1 North Lincolnshire 1 1 Oldham 2 1 1 4 Oxford 1 1 1 3 Pembrokeshire 1 1 2 Peterborough 1 1 Powys 5 1 1 2 9 Reading 1 1 Redbridge 1 1 Rhondda Cynon Taf 1 1 Richmond upon Thames 1 1 Rochdale 1 1 Rochdale 1 1 Rotherham 1 1 Salford 1 1 Salisbury 2 2 Sandwell 1 1 Shropshire 1 3 4 Solihull 1 1 South Cheshire 1 2 1 3 7 South Derbyshire 2 2 South Gloucestershire 3 3 South Kent 1 1 St Helens 1 1 1 1 1 5 Staffordshire 2 2 4 Stevenage 1 1 Stockport 3 3 Stoke on Trent 1 1 2 Surrey 1 2 1 4 Swansea 1 2 1 4 Swindon 1 1 Tameside 3 1 1 1 6 Telford 1 1 Thurrock 1 1 Torfaen 3 3 Tower Hamlets 1 1 Trafford 1 1 1 3 Vale Royal 1 1 1 1 4 Wakefield 2 1 3 Walsall 1 3 2 3 2 11 Warrington 1 1 2 West Cheshire 1 4 6 24 4 39 West Hertfordshire 1 1 Westminster 1 2 3 Wiltshire 1 1 Windsor & Maidenhead 1 1
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Wirral 1 2 4 10 2 3 9 Worcestershire 1 1 2 4 Totals 20 28 83 64 37 53 285
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TIMELINESS OF NOTIFICATIONS FOR START TO BE LAC OR CHANGE OF PLACEMENT
The NHS Wales Notification Pathway for LAC states that notifications must be sent within 5 days of a child being placed.
Detailed below are the timeframes for all six Local Authorities within North Wales and also LAC that are placed within BCUHB from outside of North Wales.
120
100
80 Anglesey Conwy 60 Denbighshire Flintshire 40 Gwynedd Wrexham 20 From OONW
0 Up to 5 6-10 days 11-20 21+ days 50+ days 100+ days 150+ days days days
LA Sent Within 5 Between Between 21 + 50+ 100+ 150+ From days 6-10 11-20 days days days days days days Anglesey 63 11 14 5 0 1 1 Conwy 57 14 13 24 15 6 14 Denbighshire 48 38 26 11 4 2 1 Flintshire 33 28 32 23 13 3 7 Gwynedd 98 24 9 6 0 0 0 Wrexham 27 10 25 19 19 29 13 OONW 106 22 27 26 11 9 3
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Anglesey 70
60
50
40
30 Anglesey
20
10
0 Up to 5 days 6-10 days 11-20 days 21+ days 50+ days 100+ days 150+ days
Conwy 60
50
40
30 Conwy 20
10
0 Up to 5 days 6-10 days 11-20 days 21+ days 50+ days 100+ days 150+ days
Denbighshire 60
50
40
30 Denbighshire 20
10
0 Up to 5 6-10 days 11-20 days 21+ days 50+ days 100+ days 150+ days days
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Flintshire 35
30
25
20
15 Flintshire
10
5
0 Up to 5 days 6-10 days 11-20 days 21+ days 50+ days 100+ days 150+ days
Gwynedd 120
100
80
60 Gwynedd 40
20
0 Up to 5 days 6-10 days 11-20 days 21+ days 50+ days 100+ days 150+ days
Wrexham 35
30
25
20
15 Wrexham
10
5
0 Up to 5 days 6-10 days 11-20 days 21+ days 50+ days 100+ days 150+ days
17
From OONW 120
100
80
60 From OONW 40
20
0 Up to 5 6-10 days 11-20 days 21+ days 50+ days 100+ days 150+ days days
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