Number of children and young people attending counselling by Year, Area, Ethnicity and Sex
Next update expected:March 2027
Updates
- 25th March 2026
Annual Publication update
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 counselling. This data can be split by year, area, ethnicity 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
Published by
- Organisation
- Welsh Government
- Contact email
- school.stats@gov.wales