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CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER 2001-02
TABLE 3
NUMBER OF CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER ON 31 MARCH 2002 : BY TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION 1-3
Type of accommodation | 31 March 2001 | 31 March 2002 | % change 2001 to 2002 |
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
In the community: |
At home with parents | 4,842 | 44 | 4,909 | 44 | 1 |
With friends / relatives | 980 | 9 | 1,303 | 12 | 33 |
With foster carers | 3,084 | 28 | 3,170 | 28 | 3 |
With prospective adopters | 196 | 2 | 158 | 1 | -19 |
In other community | 215 | 2 | 106 | 1 | -51 |
Total | 9,315 | 85 | 9,646 | 86 | 4 |
In residential accommodation: |
In local authority home | 704 | 6 | 717 | 6 | 2 |
In voluntary sector home | 63 | 1 | 56 | 1 | -11 |
In residential school | 684 | 6 | 672 | 6 | -2 |
In secure accommodation | 87 | 1 | 93 | 1 | 7 |
In other residential accommodation | 44 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 26 |
Total | 1,582 | 15 | 1,595 | 14 | 1 |
Total children looked after | 10,897 | 100 | 11,241 | 100 | 3 |
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.
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