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CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER 2001-02
TABLE 5
NUMBER OF CHILDREN STARTING TO BE LOOKED AFTER IN 2001-02 BY LATEST STATUTORY REASON FOR BEING LOOKED AFTER 1-4
Statute group | 2000-01 | 2001-02 | % change 2001 to 2002 |
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Accommodated under Section 25 | 1,002 | 21 | 1,054 | 23 | 5 |
Parental Responsibilities Order | 8 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 127 |
Supervision Requirement at Home | 2,149 | 46 | 1,984 | 42 | -8 |
Supervision Requirement away from Home (excluding Residential Establishment) | 632 | 13 | 850 | 18 | 34 |
Supervision Requirement away from Home (in a Residential Establishment but excluding Secure) | 367 | 8 | 320 | 7 | -13 |
Supervision Requirement away from Home with a Secure Condition | 36 | 1 | 55 | 1 | 53 |
Warrant | 165 | 4 | 151 | 3 | -9 |
Child Protection Measure | 118 | 3 | 105 | 2 | -11 |
Criminal Court Provision | 17 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 6 |
Freed for Adoption | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | -21 |
Other | 194 | 4 | 118 | 3 | -39 |
Total | 4,694 | 100 | 4,678 | 100 | 0 |
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) 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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