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 "title": "Children's homes and places, England",
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  "Children's homes and secure children's homes registered with Ofsted at 31 March, with their places, and from 2024 the providers of supported accommodation for 16- and 17-year-olds; residential special schools that care for children for more than 295 days a year register as children's homes and are counted apart.",
  "Where a home's places are missing, Ofsted estimates them from the average. Ofsted's workbook lists every provider with its address; the hub keeps only its national tables, with every provider-level sheet emptied, so the stored file is the hub's copy."
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    {
     "x": "2013-03-31",
     "v": 1950.0
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     "x": "2014-03-31",
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     "v": 2378.0
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    {
     "x": "2021-03-31",
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     "x": "2022-03-31",
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    {
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     "v": 9282.0
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     "x": "2013-03-31",
     "v": 9174.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2014-03-31",
     "v": 8991.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2015-03-31",
     "v": 9097.0
    },
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     "x": "2016-03-31",
     "v": 8877.0
    },
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     "x": "2017-03-31",
     "v": 9124.0
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    {
     "x": "2018-03-31",
     "v": 9430.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019-03-31",
     "v": 9791.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020-03-31",
     "v": 10033.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021-03-31",
     "v": 10708.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022-03-31",
     "v": 11095.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023-03-31",
     "v": 11857.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024-03-31",
     "v": 12870.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2025-03-31",
     "v": 14275.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2026-03-31",
     "v": 16183.0
    }
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   "name": "Secure children's homes",
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     "x": "2012-03-31",
     "v": 16.0
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    {
     "x": "2013-03-31",
     "v": 16.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2014-03-31",
     "v": 16.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2015-03-31",
     "v": 14.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2016-03-31",
     "v": 14.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2017-03-31",
     "v": 14.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2018-03-31",
     "v": 14.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019-03-31",
     "v": 14.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020-03-31",
     "v": 13.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021-03-31",
     "v": 13.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022-03-31",
     "v": 13.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023-03-31",
     "v": 13.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024-03-31",
     "v": 13.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2025-03-31",
     "v": 14.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2026-03-31",
     "v": 14.0
    }
   ]
  },
  {
   "name": "Places in secure children's homes",
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     "x": "2012-03-31",
     "v": 281.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2013-03-31",
     "v": 272.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2014-03-31",
     "v": 272.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2015-03-31",
     "v": 235.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2016-03-31",
     "v": 235.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2017-03-31",
     "v": 238.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2018-03-31",
     "v": 234.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2019-03-31",
     "v": 238.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2020-03-31",
     "v": 231.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2021-03-31",
     "v": 231.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2022-03-31",
     "v": 230.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2023-03-31",
     "v": 214.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2024-03-31",
     "v": 214.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2025-03-31",
     "v": 236.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2026-03-31",
     "v": 241.0
    }
   ]
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   "name": "Supported accommodation providers",
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     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2013-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2014-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2015-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2016-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2017-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2018-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2019-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2020-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2021-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2022-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
    {
     "x": "2023-03-31",
     "v": null
    },
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     "x": "2024-03-31",
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    },
    {
     "x": "2025-03-31",
     "v": 893.0
    },
    {
     "x": "2026-03-31",
     "v": 1219.0
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