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CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER 2001-02

TABLE 11
NUMBER OF CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER ON 31 MARCH 2002 : BREAKDOWN BY LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA AND AGE GROUP 1-5

Local authority area

Age group

Total

Under 5

5-11

12-15

16-17

Aberdeen City 6

100

160

145

45

450

Aberdeenshire

50

125

130

35

345

Angus

25

50

80

20

175

Argyll & Bute

25

60

85

25

195

Clackmannanshire

15

35

45

10

105

Dumfries & Galloway

90

125

120

25

355

Dundee City

65

100

145

50

360

East Ayrshire

50

90

115

35

290

East Dunbartonshire

10

20

35

15

80

East Lothian

30

55

50

30

165

East Renfrewshire

15

25

20

10

75

Edinburgh, City of

210

350

390

90

1,040

Eilean Siar

*

20

25

*

50

Falkirk

40

60

95

40

235

Fife

85

160

170

40

455

Glasgow City

435

925

905

320

2,585

Highland

70

125

170

35

400

Inverclyde

25

70

50

40

190

Midlothian

40

75

80

15

210

Moray

15

40

65

15

135

North Ayrshire

50

130

150

45

375

North Lanarkshire

130

170

225

30

550

Orkney Isles

5

10

10

*

30

Perth & Kinross

20

60

55

15

155

Renfrewshire

65

185

170

100

520

Scottish Borders

35

50

70

15

170

Shetland

10

15

5

*

35

South Ayrshire

40

65

60

20

180

South Lanarkshire

85

130

195

45

455

Stirling

20

45

65

10

140

West Dunbartonshire

35

85

135

35

290

West Lothian

55

175

155

60

445

SCOTLAND

1,951

3,781

4,224

1,284

11,241

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) Aberdeen City were unable to split up the short term placements. This has been estimated based on Scotland figures

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