Number of children and young people attending counselling episodes by Year, Area and Episode

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Next update expected:March 2027

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25th March 2026

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Main information

Designation
Official statistics
Data provider
Welsh Government
Data source
Local Authority School Counselling Services collection
Time period covered
September 2013 to August 2025

Overview

Summary of dataset and variables

The information presented here shows the children and young people who have attended more than one counselling episode. This data can be split by year, area, episode and gender.

Data collection or calculation

Local authorities are required to provide anonymised information about their counselling services to the Welsh Government. This data informs the development of counselling services for children and young people in Wales. The data is collected from September to August each year.

In addition, local authorities commented that 322 children or young people who received counselling did not identify as male or female in 2021/22. The data collection form will be developed in future and include additional gender categories.

Statistical quality

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink.

Rounding applied

All the figures are rounded independently to the nearest 3 to protect the identity of individuals (apart from start and end of episode, which is already calculated as an average).

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Organisation
Welsh Government
Contact email
school.stats@gov.wales