Statistical presentation

Data description

The statistics on disability compensation services provide an annual overview of the support and treatment granted by municipalities to children and young people who require special assistance, in accordance with selected provisions of the Child’s Act and previously the Social Services Act.

With the entry into force of the Child’s Act on 1 January 2024, ongoing measures continue under the legal basis of the original decision. These will only be transferred to the Child’s Act when a new decision is made under the provisions of the Child’s Act, cf. Section 213. In connection with this transition, all provisions in the statistics have been updated to refer to the Child’s Act, and data is now also collected for the new provision, Section 82.4 – Other services under the Child’s Act or the Day-Care Act.

These statistics have been published annually since 2023, covering data from 2022. In 2023 and 2024, the statistics were published in the following formats:

• Four statistical tables in the Statistics Denmark database,

• One article titled NYT from Statistics Denmark,

• One longitudinal register for research and ministerial use.

From 2025 onward, the statistics will be published as:

• Four statistical tables in the Statistics Denmark database,

• One article in News from Statistics Denmark,

• Two longitudinal registers for research and ministerial use.

The difference between the two longitudinal registers is as follows: One includes information on the provider’s production unit number (P-number) and department UUID for the measures delivered at service providers that, under the Social Supervision Act, must be listed on the Social Services Portal. For this statistical report, this applies to special day-care and club services (Sections 82.1 and 82.2 of the Child’s Act). This register allows users to trace all care locations where a child or young person has stayed during a single course of support. If the child has changed residence during the period, the individual will appear more than once in this register—but only once in the other, original register, which does not include information on care providers.

The statistical tables and the NYT-article from Statistics Denmark are based on data from the longitudinal register without provider information.

The statistics are compiled both by number of children and number of measures within a given calendar year. In addition, data is broken down by municipality, region, type of measure, age, and gender.

The four statistical tables (HANDBU01–HANDBU04) are based on children and young people (aged 0–17) registered in Statistics Denmark’s accumulated register of children and young people receiving disability compensation measures. The tables and registers contain information on measures initiated during the year, as well as those continuing from previous years. They also include the number of children receiving such support for the first time and those continuing to receive one or more measures.

The statistics are compiled by administrative municipality (see definition in section 2.4), region, type of measure, gender, and age. Age is calculated as of the end of the year. A child may receive multiple disability compensation measures at the same time.

Classification system

These statistics are grouped geographically by Regions, Provinces and Municipalities.

In addition, the data are grouped by type of measure, relevant legal section, sex, and age (at year-end) in the age groups 0-5 years, 6-11 years, and 12-17 years.

Sector coverage

Not relevant for these statistics.

Statistical concepts and definitions

Disability measure: A measure consisting of an active effort to aid children and youth who have a physical or mental disability. Measures can also be granted to parents and/or next of kin.

Beneficiary : A person (child or youth) who is the reason that a disability service is being granted to the child, a young person, the parents, or next of kin.

Administrative municipality: The municipality obligated to provide assistance or support, pursuant to regulations on special support for children and youth, as formulated in the Danish Consolidation Act on Social Services, the Child Act or the Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Act.

Statistical unit

Disability measures for children and youth (0-17 years) that have been implemented.

Statistical population

The statistics are based on children and young people (aged 0–17) who receive disability compensation measures under the following provisions of the Child’s Act:

• § 82.1: Special day-care services for children
• § 82.2: Special club services for older children and young people
• § 82.3: Home-based training for children
• § 82.4: Other services under the Child’s Act or the Day-Care Act
• § 89.1: Companion schemes for children and young people aged 12–18 who cannot move about on their own
• § 90.1: Personal and practical assistance
• § 90.2: Relief or respite care for parents or close relatives
• § 90.3: Maintenance training, including assistance in maintaining physical or mental abilities

Before the introduction of the Child’s Act on 1 January 2024, the statistics for 2022 and 2023 were based on disability compensation measures under Sections 32, 32a, 36, 44, and 45 of the Social Services Act. These measures continue under the legal basis on which the original decision was made. A measure is only transferred to the Child’s Act when a new decision is made based on its provisions, cf. Section 213 of the Child’s Act.

In the population, no distinction is made between whether a measure is based on the Social Services Act or the Child’s Act. This means that the variable describing the legal basis (indsats_kode) uses the same code both before and after the Child’s Act entered into force. For example, indsats_kode = 001 applies whether the legal basis at the time of decision is Section 32 of the Social Services Act or Section 82(1)(1) of the Child’s Act.

A new code, 008, has been added to represent Other services under the Child’s Act or the Day-Care Act.

Reference area

Denmark.

Time coverage

All statistical tables in the Statistics Denmark database are updated to include the new year as well as revisions for the two preceding years as part of this release.

Base period

Not relevant for these statistics.

Unit of measure

Two measurement units are used in the compilation of the indicators, including:

• Number of persons

• Number of measures

Reference period

Calendar year

Frequency of dissemination

Yearly

Legal acts and other agreements

Data is collected by Statistics Denmark pursuant to Section 6 of the Act on Statistics Denmark. Municipalities report disability compensation measures for children and young people under Sections 82.1, 82.2, 82.3, 82.4, 89.1, 90.1, 90.2, and 90.3 of the Child’s Act, and previously under provisions of the Social Services Act (see Section 1).

Reporting is carried out in accordance with Sections 82 and 84 of the Act on Legal Protection and Administration in Social Matters. The reporting and data collection process is governed by the applicable Executive Order on Data Reporting in the Social Field (referred to hereafter as the Data Executive Order).

The statistics are not subject to any EU regulation.

Cost and burden

These statistics are based on administrative data. There is thus no direct reporting burden in relation to the compilation of these statistics. Municipalities who supplement their records with manual reports do have a non-estimated report burden.

All of the municipalities experience a degree of work burden connected to the yearly process of data validation.

Comment

For further information, contact Statistics Denmark, or see the subject page of the statistics Handicapkompenserende indsatser,