Statistical presentation

Data description

The statistics on disability compensation measures provide an annual account of the initiatives that municipalities offer to children and young people who require special support and treatment in accordance with selected provisions of the Child Act and the former Social Services Act. Under the Social Services Act, these were §§ 32, 32a, 36, 44/83, 44/84.1, 44/86.2, and 45. From 1st of January 2024, with the Child Act, ongoing measures continue under the legal basis of the original decision and only transfer to the Child Act when a new decision is made under that Act, cf. Section 213 of the Child Act. In the transition to the Child Act, all provisions in the statistics have been adapted to the new legislation (§§ 82.1, 82.2, 82.3, 82.4, 90.1, 90.2, 90.3, and 89.1). From 2024, data are also collected on § 82.4, which covers other services under the Child Act or the Day Care Act.

The statistics have been published annually since 2023 with data for 2022. In 2023 and 2024, they were released as four statistical tables, an article titled NYT from Statistics Denmark, and a longitudinal register available for research and ministry purposes. From 2025, an additional longitudinal register is published for research and ministry purposes.

The original longitudinal register does not contain information on service providers, which according to the Act on Social Supervision must be listed in the Service Provider Portal (Tilbudsportalen). The new register, however, includes such information (P-number and department-UUID). This applies in these statistics to services provided under §§ 82.1 and 82.2 of the Child Act. The new longitudinal register makes it possible to track care facilities/departments in a child’s or young person’s intervention history. If the child has changed facility during the course of an intervention, they appear multiple times in this register, but only once in the original register.

Both the statistical tables and the article titled NYT Statistics Denmark are based on the longitudinal register without information on service providers.

The statistics are compiled both by the number of children and the number of interventions within a given year. Furthermore, data are broken down by municipality, region, intervention, age, and sex.

The four statistical tables, HANDBU01–HANDBU04, are based on children and young people (0–17 years) who are registered in Statistics Denmark’s accumulated register of children and young people receiving disability compensation measures. The statistical tables and registers contain information on the number of disability compensation interventions initiated during the year, as well as those continuing from previous years. They also include data on the number of children receiving disability compensation interventions for the first time, as well as those continuing with one or more interventions. A child may be included with several simultaneous interventions. Age is calculated at the end of the year, and the statistics are compiled according to the administrative municipality (see definition in section "Concepts and Definitions").

Classification system

These statistics are grouped geographically by [Regions, Provinces and Municipalities] (https://www.dst.dk/en/Statistik/dokumentation/nomenklaturer/regioner--landsdele-og-kommuner).

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: Measure aimed at providing support to children and young people with physical or mental disabilities as well as to their parents or close relatives. The support may, for example, consist of practical assistance, maintenance training or respite care.

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.

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.

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

The statistics cover the period from 1 January 2022 onwards. In this 2024 release, the statistical tables in the Statistics Denmark database are updated with data for the new statistical year as well as revisions for the two preceding years.

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] (https://sm.dk/lovstof/bekendtgoerelse-om-dataindberetninger-paa-socialomraadet) (referred to hereafter as the Data Executive Order).

The statistics are not subject to any EU-regulation.

Cost and burden

The statistics are based on the municipalities’ administrative systems. Consequently, there is no direct reporting burden for municipalities that use systems capable of sending data directly to Statistics Denmark, which is the case for the vast majority of municipalities. Municipalities that supplement with manual reporting, however, bear a reporting burden that has not been further estimated.

All municipalities experience a workload associated with the annual validation of data.

Comment

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