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CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2002-03
TABLE 6 NUMBER OF CHILDREN CEASING TO BE LOOKED AFTER IN 2002-03 LENGTH OF TIME LOOKED AFTER BY AGE
Length of time looked after | Ages of children at time of ceasing to be looked after | Total |
Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-11 | 12-15 | 16-17 | 18 |
Under 6 weeks | 26 | 86 | 144 | 151 | 29 | 4 | 440 |
6 weeks to under 6 months | 26 | 56 | 92 | 155 | 83 | 9 | 422 |
6 months to under 1 year | 17 | 133 | 190 | 216 | 162 | 12 | 732 |
1 year to under 3 years | | 244 | 385 | 430 | 580 | 32 | 1,670 |
3 years to under 5 years | | 54 | 143 | 109 | 171 | 28 | 506 |
5 years to under 10 years | | | 59 | 39 | 107 | 28 | 233 |
10 years and over | | | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 32 |
Total | 70 | 573 | 1,015 | 1,102 | 1,146 | 128 | 4,034 |
Proportion of children by age group
| Ages of children at time of ceasing to be looked after | Total |
Length of time looked after | Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-11 | 12-15 | 16-17 | 18 |
Under 6 weeks | 37 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
6 weeks to under 6 months | 38 | 10 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
6 months to under 1 year | 25 | 23 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 18 |
1 year to under 3 years | | 43 | 38 | 39 | 51 | 25 | 41 |
3 years to under 5 years | | 9 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 12 |
5 years to under 10 years | | | 6 | 4 | 9 | 22 | 6 |
10 years and over | | | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Percentage change since 2001-02
| Ages of children at time of ceasing to be looked after | Total |
Length of time looked after | Under 1 | 1-4 | 5-11 | 12-15 | 16-17 | 18 |
Under 6 weeks | -27 | -52 | -9 | -28 | 19 | -41 | -28 |
6 weeks to under 6 months | -14 | -29 | -27 | -20 | 15 | 140 | -17 |
6 months to under 1 year | 55 | 47 | 20 | -15 | -4 | 27 | 6 |
1 year to under 3 years | | 5 | 18 | -5 | 10 | -26 | 6 |
3 years to under 5 years | | -2 | 8 | 4 | -22 | -21 | -7 |
5 years to under 10 years | | | 68 | -29 | 20 | -5 | 12 |
10 years and over | | | -77 | -90 | 0 | -37 | -44 |
Total | -10 | -10 | 8 | -14 | 3 | -15 | -4 |
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