The numbers of looked after children and care leavers with a disability - Find a freedom of information request

Please may you provide me with the numbers of looked after children and care leavers with a disability.

Time frame for the data: numbers relate to looked after children / care leavers you are currently supporting on a given date (i.e. date the data is extracted)

1. How many looked after children have a disability*

Answer options:

- TOTAL - Total number of looked after children

- YES - Number of looked after children with a disability

- NO - Number of looked after children who do not have a disability

- UNKNOWN - Number of looked after children where disability status unknown

2. Please provide the number of looked after children with different types of disability as recorded on your Children Social Care management information system

NB: Children in need census guidance** includes categories: mobility; hand function; personal care; incontinence; communication; learning; hearing; vision; behaviour; consciousness; diagnosed with autism or Asperger syndrome; other DDA.

Answer options:

- NONE - number of looked after children recorded as 'none'

- MOB - number of looked after children recorded as 'mobility'

- HAND - number of looked after children recorded as 'hand function'

- PC - number of looked after children recorded as 'personal care'

- INC - number of looked after children recorded as 'incontinence'

- COMM - number of looked after children recorded as 'communication'

- LD - number of looked after children recorded as 'learning'

- HEAR - number of looked after children recorded as 'hearing'

- VIS - number of looked after children recorded as 'vision'

- BEH - number of looked after children recorded as 'behaviour'

- CON - number of looked after children recorded as 'consciousness'

- AUT - number of looked after children recorded as 'diagnosed as autism or Asperger syndrome'

- DDA - number of looked after children recorded as 'other DDA'

3. How many care leavers*** have a disability?

Answer options:

- TOTAL - Total number of care leavers

- YES - Number of care leavers with a disability

- NO - Number of care leavers who do not have a disability

- UNKNOWN - Number of care leavers where disability status unknown

4. Please give the number of care leavers*** with different types of disability as recorded on your LA management information system.

NB: Children in need guidance** includes categories: mobility; hand function; personal care; incontinence; communication; learning; hearing; vision; behaviour; consciousness; diagnosed with autism or Asperger syndrome; other DDA.

Answer options:

- TOTAL - total number of care leavers

- NONE - number of care leavers recorded as 'none'

- MOB - number of care leavers recorded as 'mobility'

- HAND - number of care leavers recorded as 'hand function'

- PC - number of care leavers recorded as 'personal care'

- INC - number of care leavers recorded as 'incontinence'

- COMM - number of care leavers recorded as 'communication'

- LD - number of care leavers recorded as 'learning'

- HEAR - number of care leavers recorded as 'hearing'

- VIS - number of care leavers recorded as 'vision'

- BEH - number of care leavers recorded as 'behaviour'

- CON - number of care leavers recorded as 'consciousness'

- AUT - number of care leavers recorded as 'diagnosed as autism or Asperger syndrome'

DDA - number of care leavers recorded as 'other DDA'

5. Any comments or other additional information you collect on disabled looked after children or care leavers.

*NB: Annex A child-level data lists for inspections of local authority children's services (ILACS) asks local authorities to record this information

**Children in Need guidance page 31/32 https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1025195/Children_in_need_census_2022_to_2023_guide.pdf

***NB: Annex A child-level data list 9 for inspection of local authority children's services (ILCAS) defines care leavers as: All those who have reached the threshold for receiving leaving care services at the point of inspection includes: relevant children; former relevant children; qualifying care leaver (only those requesting and receiving a service from the local authority). Please exclude eligible care leavers as they will appear in the looked after numbers.

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

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