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CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER 2001-02

TABLE 12
NUMBER OF CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER ON 31 MARCH 2002 : BY LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA, ACCOMMODATION TYPE, AND CHARACTERISTICS OF CARE AWAY FROM HOME 1-4

Local authority area

Accommodation type

Children looked after away from home

Children in community setting

Children in residential care

Looked after for 1 year + 6

With 3+ placements 6

Total

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Aberdeen City 7

385

86

65

14

160

60

80

29

265

Aberdeenshire

310

90

35

10

140

70

100

51

200

Angus

155

88

20

13

75

66

25

23

115

Argyll & Bute

155

80

40

20

60

73

20

23

80

Clackmannanshire

95

91

10

9

35

71

*

*

50

Dumfries & Galloway

330

93

25

7

135

63

45

20

215

Dundee City

310

86

50

14

165

70

125

53

235

East Ayrshire

255

88

35

12

115

70

20

12

165

East Dunbartonshire

60

77

20

23

25

59

5

15

40

East Lothian

140

87

20

13

75

72

25

24

105

East Renfrewshire

65

84

10

16

25

69

0

0

40

Edinburgh, City of

880

85

155

15

465

76

40

7

610

Eilean Siar

40

88

5

13

15

88

*

*

15

Falkirk

205

87

30

13

130

84

75

49

155

Fife

385

85

70

15

245

73

115

35

335

Glasgow City

2,240

87

345

13

1,100

78

375

26

1,410

Highland

335

84

60

16

165

65

45

18

250

Inverclyde

155

83

35

17

60

72

20

24

85

Midlothian

190

89

25

11

65

63

15

15

100

Moray

120

88

15

12

45

58

20

28

80

North Ayrshire

315

85

60

15

130

66

0

0

195

North Lanarkshire

475

86

80

14

205

71

80

29

285

Orkney Isles

25

84

5

16

5

47

*

*

15

Perth & Kinross

135

88

20

12

60

49

30

25

120

Renfrewshire

430

82

95

18

155

55

65

24

280

Scottish Borders

145

88

20

13

80

67

40

33

115

Shetland

25

76

10

24

25

85

5

19

25

South Ayrshire

160

87

25

13

60

62

5

5

100

South Lanarkshire

365

80

90

20

130

68

45

23

190

Stirling

120

84

20

16

70

77

40

44

95

West Dunbartonshire

230

80

55

20

70

55

15

11

130

West Lothian

400

90

45

10

175

71

25

9

245

SCOTLAND

9,646

86

1,595

14

4,455

70

1,505

24

6,355

Note: (1) Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Note: (2) Table includes rounded estimates for local authorities not able to provide information.
Note: (3) Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
Note: (4) Figures given to the nearest 5 to preserve confidentiality
Note: (5) cells containing the symbol * represent between 1 and 4 children. They have been excluded to preserve confidentiality
Note: (6) Statistics refer to the current episode of care
Note: (7) Aberdeen City were unable to split up the short term placements. This has been estimated based on Scotland figures

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