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News Release: CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER IN THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2001
TABLE 6
NUMBER OF CHILDREN STARTING TO BE LOOKED AFTER IN THE YEAR TO 31 MARCH 2001 : BREAKDOWN BY LATEST STATUTORY REASON FOR BEING LOOKED AFTER 1,2,3
Statute group | Number in each statute group | Percentage in each statute group |
Accommodated under Section 25 | 1,002 | 21 |
Parental Responsibilities Order | 8 | 0 |
Supervision Requirement at Home | 2,149 | 46 |
Supervision Requirement away from Home
(excluding Residential Establishment) | 632 | 13 |
Supervision Requirement away from Home
(in a Residential Establishment but excluding Secure) | 367 | 8 |
Supervision Requirement away from Home with a Secure Condition | 36 | 1 |
Warrant | 165 | 4 |
Child Protection Measure | 118 | 3 |
Criminal Court Provision | 17 | 0 |
Freed for Adoption | 7 | 0 |
Other | 194 | 4 |
Total | 4,694 | 100 |
1. Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
2. Table includes rounded estimates for local authorities not able to provide information.
Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
3. Table records episodes of care which have begun. A child may start to be looked after more than once in a year and so may be counted more than once here.
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