{ "source_workbook_url": "https://assets.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wpuploads/2026/10/The-Childhood-Lottery-full-dataset.xlsx", "report_url": "https://assets.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wpuploads/2026/10/The-Childhood-Lottery-Report.pdf", "annex_url": "https://assets.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/wpuploads/2026/10/The-Childhood-Lottery-evidence-annex.pdf", "publication_date": "2026-10-19", "excluded_areas": [ "Bury", "Nottinghamshire", "City of London", "Isles of Scilly" ], "eligible_areas": 149, "rows_per_area": 128, "scored_component_rows_per_area": 95, "context_rows_per_area": 32, "overall_summary_rows_per_area": 1, "published_stated_component_count": 96, "published_stated_maximum": 960, "actual_component_maximum": 950, "duplicate_metric_names": false, "count_discrepancy": "The workbook contains95 scored component rows plus1 overall score row flagged Scored=Yes. The95 component rows reproduce the460 published Hounslow total. Documents state96 component metrics/out960. Preserve published score and rank; seek publisher clarification. Do not invent a missing indicator or call adjusted results official.", "hounslow_published_score": 460, "hounslow_published_worst_first_rank": 2, "hounslow_raw_overall_rank": 148, "raw_overall_rank_note": "Rank148 is best-first in full153-authority source, while official headline is second-hardest among149 eligible. Hounslow also happens to be148th-best among149 because all four excluded authorities score below it. Do not call raw148 an error; label universe and orientation. 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"hounslow_missing_scored_count": 0, "hounslow_missing_context": [ "Access to family hubs" ], "sensitivity": [ { "scenario": "Published component score rows", "hounslow_value": 460, "ascending_rank_worst_first": 2, "n_areas": 149, "lowest_10": [ { "area": "Middlesbrough", "value": 408 }, { "area": "Hounslow", "value": 460 }, { "area": "Bradford", "value": 471 }, { "area": "Nottingham", "value": 472 }, { "area": "Halton", "value": 475 }, { "area": "Peterborough", "value": 477 }, { "area": "Leicester", "value": 492 }, { "area": "Liverpool", "value": 498 }, { "area": "Sunderland", "value": 501 }, { "area": "Medway", "value": 503 } ], "note": "Research sensitivity using published score rows; does not revise official ranking." }, { "scenario": "Remove childhood MMR metric only", "hounslow_value": 458, "ascending_rank_worst_first": 2, "n_areas": 149, "lowest_10": [ { "area": "Middlesbrough", "value": 404 }, { "area": "Hounslow", "value": 458 }, { "area": "Bradford", "value": 467 }, { "area": "Halton", "value": 468 }, { "area": "Nottingham", "value": 470 }, { "area": "Peterborough", "value": 474 }, { "area": "Leicester", "value": 489 }, { "area": "Sunderland", "value": 491 }, { "area": "Liverpool", "value": 495 }, { "area": "Somerset", "value": 496 } ], "note": "Research sensitivity using published score rows; does not revise official ranking." }, { "scenario": "Remove all three vaccination metrics", "hounslow_value": 455, "ascending_rank_worst_first": 2, "n_areas": 149, "lowest_10": [ { "area": "Middlesbrough", "value": 400 }, { "area": "Hounslow", "value": 455 }, { "area": "Halton", "value": 458 }, { "area": "Bradford", "value": 465 }, { "area": "Nottingham", "value": 466 }, { "area": "Peterborough", "value": 467 }, { "area": "Sunderland", "value": 476 }, { "area": "Somerset", "value": 481 }, { "area": "Leicester", "value": 487 }, { "area": "Liverpool", "value": 488 } ], "note": "Research sensitivity using published score rows; does not revise official ranking." }, { "scenario": "Remove all binary local-authority response metrics", "hounslow_value": 380, "ascending_rank_worst_first": 55, "n_areas": 149, "lowest_10": [ { "area": "Middlesbrough", "value": 268 }, { "area": "Rochdale", "value": 293 }, { "area": "Salford", "value": 299 }, { "area": "Sunderland", "value": 301 }, { "area": "Oldham", "value": 305 }, { "area": "Liverpool", "value": 308 }, { "area": "Hartlepool", "value": 311 }, { "area": "Knowsley", "value": 311 }, { "area": "Leicester", "value": 312 }, { "area": "Halton", "value": 315 } ], "note": "Research sensitivity using published score rows; does not revise official ranking." }, { "scenario": "Remove Health pillar", "hounslow_value": 390, "ascending_rank_worst_first": 4, "n_areas": 149, "lowest_10": [ { "area": "Middlesbrough", "value": 344 }, { "area": "Halton", "value": 373 }, { "area": "Nottingham", "value": 385 }, { "area": "Hounslow", "value": 390 }, { "area": "Bradford", "value": 395 }, { "area": "Peterborough", "value": 399 }, { "area": "Sunderland", "value": 403 }, { "area": "Leicester", "value": 404 }, { "area": "Liverpool", "value": 410 }, { "area": "Medway", "value": 410 } ], "note": "Research sensitivity using published score rows; does not revise official ranking." }, { "scenario": "Remove Family pillar", "hounslow_value": 397, "ascending_rank_worst_first": 5, "n_areas": 149, "lowest_10": [ { "area": "Middlesbrough", "value": 319 }, { "area": "Bradford", "value": 375 }, { "area": "Peterborough", "value": 383 }, { "area": "Nottingham", "value": 384 }, { "area": "Hounslow", "value": 397 }, { "area": "Halton", "value": 400 }, { "area": "Blackpool", "value": 405 }, { "area": "Medway", "value": 407 }, { "area": "Sunderland", "value": 409 }, { "area": "Liverpool", "value": 415 } ], "note": "Research sensitivity using published score rows; does not revise official ranking." }, { "scenario": "Equal weight six pillars", "hounslow_value": 0.48259991985998174, "ascending_rank_worst_first": 2, "n_areas": 149, 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{ "area": "Peterborough", "value": 488.0 }, { "area": "Liverpool", "value": 498 }, { "area": "Sunderland", "value": 501 }, { "area": "Leicester", "value": 503.0 }, { "area": "Medway", "value": 503 } ], "note": "Research sensitivity using published score rows; does not revise official ranking." }, { "scenario": "Omit17 metric names scored zero from Hounslow No responses, consistently across all149 areas", "hounslow_value": 460, "ascending_rank_worst_first": 60, "n_areas": 149, "lowest_10": [ { "area": "Middlesbrough", "value": 348 }, { "area": "Rochdale", "value": 373 }, { "area": "Peterborough", "value": 377 }, { "area": "Liverpool", "value": 378 }, { "area": "Salford", "value": 379 }, { "area": "Sunderland", "value": 381 }, { "area": "Oldham", "value": 385 }, { "area": "Hartlepool", "value": 391 }, { "area": "Knowsley", "value": 391 }, { "area": "Leicester", "value": 392 } ], "n_removed_component_metrics": 17, "note": "Diagnostic scenario only; selecting metrics because one area 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that they have a targeted support or youth group for GRT children" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Better world", "Metric": "Access to targeted support or youth group for LGBTQ+", "Description": "Whether or not the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 that it provides targeted support or a youth group for children who are LGBTQ+", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "14 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 58, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "59% of local authorities reported that they have a targeted support or youth group for LGBTQ+ children" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Better world", "Metric": "Access to youth clubs or centres", "Description": "Whether or not the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 that it provides at least one youth club or centre", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "31 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 77, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "78% of local authorities reported that they have a youth club or centre" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Better world", "Metric": "Access to youth hubs", "Description": "Whether or not the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 that it provides at least one youth hub", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "27 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 53, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "54% of local authorities reported that they have a youth hub" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Care", "Metric": "Access to Children in Care Council", "Description": "Whether or not the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 it provides a Children in Care council", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "30 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 82, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "83% of local authorities reported that they provide a children in care council" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Care", "Metric": "Access to specialist and targeted support for care leavers", "Description": "Whether or not the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 it provides targeted support or a youth group for care leavers", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "31 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 91, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "92% of local authorities reported that they provide targeted support or youth group for care leavers" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Care", "Metric": "Access to specialist and targeted support for looked after children", "Description": "Whether or not the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 it provides targeted support or a youth group for looked after children", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "31 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 91, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "92% of local authorities reported that they provide targeted support or youth group for looked after children" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Care", "Metric": "Specialist and targeted support for UASC", "Description": "Whether or not the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 it provides targeted support or a youth group for asylum seeking children", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "25 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 75, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "77% of local authorities reported that they provide targeted support or youth group for UASC" }, { "Local 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"Metric": "Access to Child Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (CISVA)", "Description": "Whether local authorities told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 they provide access to Child Independent Sexual Violence Advisors (CISVA)", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "5 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 32, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "33% of local authorities reported that they provide access to CISVAs" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Education, jobs & skills", "Metric": "Access to a local authority Educational Psychology Team", "Description": "Whether or not the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 it provides an educational psychology service", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "31 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 94, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "95% of local authorities reported that they provide a local authority educational psychology service" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Education, jobs & skills", "Metric": "Targeted support or youth group for home educated children", "Description": "Whether the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 it provides targeted support or a youth group for home educated children", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "14 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 53, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "54% of local authorities reported that they have targeted support or youth group for electively home educated children" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Family", "Metric": "Access to a specialist or targeted support group for young carers", "Description": "Whether the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 that it provides targeted support or a youth group for young carers", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "31 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 93, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "94% of local authorities reported that they have a targeted support or youth group for young carers" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Family", "Metric": "Access to targeted support or youth group: children from low income families", "Description": "Whether the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 that it provides targeted support or a youth group for children from low income families", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "28 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 68, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "68% of local authorities reported that they have a targeted support or youth group for children in low income families" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Health", "Metric": "Access to Early Support Hubs (Mental Health Drop in)", "Description": "Whether or not the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 it has an early support hub or a mental health drop-in service available for children and young people", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "18 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 42, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "43% of local authorities reported that they have an early support hub or a mental health drop in for children" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Health", "Metric": "Access to bereavement service", "Description": "Whether or not the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 that it has a specialist support offer to children and young people who have experienced a bereavement", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "16 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 51, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "53% of local authorities reported that they have a bereavement service for children" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Health", "Metric": "Access to targeted support or youth group: children with SEND or health needs", "Description": "Whether the local authority told the Children's Commissioner in 2025 it provides targeted support or a youth group for children with special educational needs (SEN), disabilities or additional health needs", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Local authority response", "Value": "No", "Score (10 is best)": 0, "Local authority metric rank": "NA", "Regional range": "30 local authorities responded yes out of 33 in the region", "England average": 92, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "93% of local authorities reported that they have targeted support or youth group for children with special educational needs (SEN), disabilities or additional health needs" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Community", "Metric": "Children who feel unsafe online", "Description": "Percent of children who disagreed or strongly disagreed that 'You feel safe when you go online' in the Children's Commissioner's survey The Big Ambition in 2024 (lower is better)", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Percentage", "Value": 14.6, "Score (10 is best)": 1, "Local authority metric rank": 145, "Regional range": "4.1 - 16", "England average": 8.8, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "NA" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Family", "Metric": "Access to child development reviews at 2 to 2 and a half years", "Description": "Percent of eligible children who received a health visitor check at 2 to 2 and a half years of age in 2024-25 (higher is better)", "Source": "DfE", "Scored": "Yes", "Value type": "Percentage", "Value": 65.4, "Score (10 is best)": 1, "Local authority metric rank": 131, "Regional range": "28 - 89", "England average": 80.8, "Count of missing metrics within the local authority": 1, "Percentage of missing metrics (%)": 0.8, "Data notes": "NA" }, { "Local authority": "Hounslow", "Local authority code": "E09000018", "Region": "London", "Rural/urban classification": "Urban", "Pillar": "Family", "Metric": "Children who feel they don't have somewhere to call home", "Description": "Percent of children who disagreed or strongly disagreed that 'You have somewhere to call home' in the Children's Commissioner's survey The Big Ambition in 2024 (lower is better)", "Source": "Children's Commissioner", 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Publisher says Standard Competition Rankings.", "missing": "Missing scored metrics get0. Exclude areas with>=20% missing out128 (26+); named exceptions above.", "survey": "The Big Ambition2024 uses child respondents who supplied local authority;129 areas>=385 responses.24 smaller-sample authorities still ranked in workbook. Hounslow not in smaller sample list. Voluntary survey representativeness and within-borough variation must still be assessed.", "geography": "UTLA. Police force data applied across their constituent UTLAs; ICB mental health metrics narrative because boundaries mismatch. No official ward-level overall rank in these sources.", "date": "Mixed periods; mainly2024-25 and2025, libraries2023. Child mortality deaths aged0-19 in2024 divided by population aged0-17.", "caution": "Report is about childhood conditions and services available, not council performance alone; area-level correlations do not establish household-level causation." }, "binary_diagnostic": { "n_binary_metrics": 25, "hounslow_no": 17, "hounslow_yes": 8, "hounslow_binary_score": 80, "max_binary_score": 250, "eligible_area_mean_binary_score": 194.8993288590604, "hounslow_binary_rank_worst_first": 1, "theoretical_maximum_uplift_if_all17_false_became_true": 170, "not_a_correction": "Do not replace any No withYes or170 additional points without verified correction using same date and definitions. 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See vaccination agent verified extraction for exact wording." }, "priority_numeric_weaknesses": [ { "metric": "Health visitor review at2 to2.5years", "hounslow": 65.4, "England_in_workbook": 80.8, "unit": "% eligible children", "period": "2024-25", "action": "Council public health and commissioned health visiting provider: reconcile eligible denominator, missed reviews and staffing, offer home/community catch-up and monitor completion." }, { "metric": "Childhood MMR2 by5y", "hounslow": 70.8, "England_UKHSA": 83.7, "unit": "% eligible children", "period": "2024-25", "action": "NHS/GP/CHIS reconciliation before performance attribution; independently check missing records and practical access. UKHSA system-change caveat applies." }, { "metric": "HPV adolescent vaccine", "hounslow": 51.4, "England_in_workbook": 69.6, "unit": "% eligible children", "period": "2024-25", "action": "School-age immunisation provider and schools: audit consent return vs refusal vs missed session vs incomplete records; catch-up with accessible consent." }, { "metric": "Td/IPV adolescent vaccine", "hounslow": 61, "England_in_workbook": 71.7, "unit": "% eligible children", "period": "2024-25", "action": "School-age immunisation provider and schools: distinguish access, consent and missed catch-up." }, { "metric": "Children feeling no access to good healthcare", "hounslow": 10.34, "England_in_workbook": 5, "unit": "% survey respondents aged12-18 disagreeing", "period": "Big Ambition2024", "action": "Listen to local children; distinguish appointment availability, travel, language and service eligibility." }, { "metric": "Breakfast provision by schools", "hounslow": 80.9, "England_in_workbook": 94, "unit": "% surveyed schools", "period": "Summer term2024", "action": "Education/school leaders: verify current offer, affordability, uptake and reach among deprived families." }, { "metric": "School wraparound childcare", "hounslow": 51.5, "England_in_workbook": 63, "unit": "% surveyed schools", "period": "Summer term2024", "action": "Council and school providers: map gaps against need and transport/work patterns." }, { "metric": "Looked-after children placed outside home LA", "hounslow": 65.4, "England_in_workbook": 49.2, "unit": "% looked-after children", "period": "2025", "action": "Children social care commissioning: audit reasons/distance, local sufficiency and links to school/family; out-of-area is not automatically inappropriate." }, { "metric": "Looked-after children with mid-year school move", "hounslow": 10.3, "England_in_workbook": 8, "unit": "% looked-after children", "period": "2025", "action": "Children social care and Virtual School: combine placement planning with education stability." }, { "metric": "Year6 overweight or obesity", "hounslow": 39.3, "England_in_workbook": 36.1, "unit": "% measured Year6 pupils", "period": "2024-25", "action": "Public health, schools, leisure and planning: food access, activity, safe play, family support without stigmatising children." }, { "metric": "Children feeling unsafe online", "hounslow": 14.6, "England_in_workbook": 8.8, "unit": "% survey respondents disagreeing", "period": "Big Ambition2024", "action": "Schools, safeguarding partnership and youth services: identify harms and improve trusted reporting and support." } ], "numeric_strengths": [ { "metric": "Average Attainment8", "hounslow": 50.6, "England_in_workbook": 46, "period": "2024/25" }, { "metric": "GCSE grade5+ both English and Maths", "hounslow": 52.6, "England_in_workbook": 45.4, "unit": "% pupils", "period": "2024/25" }, { "metric": "16-17-year-olds NEET", "hounslow": 1.4, "England_in_workbook": 3, "unit": "% known NEET", "period": "2026", "caveat": "Check not-known status and coverage; not the proportion of all teenagers without opportunity." }, { "metric": "Children do not enjoy school", "hounslow": 12.4, "England_in_workbook": 25, "unit": "% child survey respondents disagreeing", "period": "Big Ambition2024" }, { "metric": "Children do not feel supported by teachers", "hounslow": 5, "England_in_workbook": 10, "unit": "% child survey respondents disagreeing", "period": "Big Ambition2024" }, { "metric": "Hospital admissions for injuries0-14", "hounslow": 53.6, "England_in_workbook": 68.5, "unit": "per10,000 children under15", "period": "2024-25" }, { "metric": "Social worker instability3+ workers", "hounslow": 18.3, "England_in_workbook": 24, "unit": "% looked-after children", "period": "2025" }, { "metric": "Children do not feel able to make a difference", "hounslow": 15.8184319, "England_in_workbook": 22, "unit": "% child survey respondents disagreeing", "period": "Big Ambition2024" } ], "additional_data_cautions": [ "Temporary accommodation Hounslow118 children per10,000 vs England147 in workbook, despite lowish national rank101. A population-weighted national mean differs from an average local authority. Do not claim it is above national rate or sole driver of overall rank.", "Child mortality metric deaths aged0-19 in2024 divided by population aged0-17; age mismatch, one-year volatility and infant/maternal drivers need source audit before a prevention conclusion.", "Workbook relative child poverty description has apparent typo2024-24. Preserve raw source and verify DWP period instead of silently asserting a year.", "Binary survey responses record whether council told Commissioner in2025 it provides a service; a Yes does not prove accessibility, capacity, quality or uptake and No is not necessarily current provision.", "Historical/current service and vaccination data must be kept in separate columns with exact periods." ], "source_snapshots": [ { "file": "source-dataset.xlsx", "bytes": 2088964, "sha256": "40eada9f23a528d0fb01f1f75ca5d6a979963a979707c6e49bdb26bb6fcdb897", "retrieved_date_Europe_London": "2026-10-19" }, { "file": "source-report.pdf", "bytes": 1830094, "sha256": "f0e67ff6fe7d2fe7f1a7b7afcef0eccc2d1b5da83e5392046b9433cc0e53a8b3", "retrieved_date_Europe_London": "2026-10-19" }, { "file": "source-annex.pdf", "bytes": 10443101, "sha256": "deceeec005252b6ee34b3602f621b4f7c85283658abc7ad3943f1c7d07eed97e", "retrieved_date_Europe_London": "2026-10-19" } ] }