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KEY DATA 2021

Living circumstances

The UK’s young people between the ages of 10 and 25 experience a range of different living circumstances and economic challenges, which are important for their health.

One in five secondary school aged children are eligible for free school meals

References

Centrepoint (2020) Youth Homelessness Databank fact sheet. London: Centrepoint. https://centrepoint.org.uk/databank/

Children’s Commissioner (2020) Children’s Commissioner warns 420,000 children in England are at risk of eviction unless Government acts https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/2020/08/21/childrens-commissioner-warns-420000-children-in-england-are-at-risk-of-eviction-unless-government-acts/

Children’s Commissioner (2021) Bleak houses: Tackling the crisis of family homelessness in England. London: Children’s Commissioner https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cco-bleak-houses-report-august-2019.pdf

Department for Education (2021) School, pupils and their characteristics: January 2021 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/schools-pupils-and-their-characteristics-january-2021

House of Commons Library (2021) Research Briefing: Poverty in the UK: Statistics. London: House of Commons https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn07096/

Ministry of Justice and National Offender Management Service (2021) Safety in custody statistics https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/safety-in-custody-statistics#history

Ministry of Justice and Youth Justice Board for England and Wales (2021) Youth Custody Report 2021 https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/youth-custody-data

ONS (2020) Births by parents’ characteristics. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/livebirths/datasets/birthsbyparentscharacteristics

ONS (2021a) Estimated number of people aged 10 to 19 years living in households by type of living arrangement, UK, 2020 https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/families/adhocs/13340estimatednumberofpeopleaged10to19yearslivinginhouseholdsbytypeoflivingarrangementuk2020

ONS (2021b) Young adults living with their parents https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/families/datasets/youngadultslivingwiththeirparents

 

All data correct as of 1st November 2021

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