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CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2002-03
TABLE 11 NUMBER OF CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER ON 31 MARCH 2003 : CHARACTERISITICS OF LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN BY LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA 1-4
Local authority area | Gender of looked after children: boys | Age of looked after children | Children from minority ethnic groups | Children with a disability |
Children under 5 | Children 16 or over |
Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Aberdeen City 5 | 220 | 55 | 80 | 20 | 55 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 20 | 5 |
Aberdeenshire | 195 | 56 | 55 | 16 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 9 |
Angus | 105 | 57 | 30 | 17 | 25 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 10 |
Argyll & Bute | 135 | 60 | 25 | 12 | 30 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 22 |
Clackmannanshire | 70 | 63 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 55 | 50 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 195 | 55 | 85 | 24 | 25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 |
Dundee City | 195 | 53 | 75 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 35 | 9 |
East Ayrshire | 195 | 57 | 55 | 16 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 |
East Dunbartonshire | 50 | 57 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 17 |
East Lothian | 95 | 54 | 25 | 14 | 35 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 40 | 23 |
East Renfrewshire | 35 | 55 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 29 |
Edinburgh, City of | 625 | 56 | 230 | 20 | 100 | 9 | 65 | 6 | 180 | 16 |
Eilean Siar | 25 | 47 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 18 |
Falkirk | 155 | 60 | 45 | 17 | 45 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 |
Fife | 300 | 60 | 100 | 20 | 40 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 5 |
Glasgow City | 1,385 | 57 | 385 | 16 | 320 | 13 | 60 | 2 | 325 | 13 |
Highland | 220 | 60 | 65 | 18 | 45 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 125 | 34 |
Inverclyde | 130 | 58 | 40 | 17 | 30 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
Midlothian | 140 | 60 | 45 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 |
Moray | 80 | 54 | 20 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 |
North Ayrshire | 205 | 57 | 50 | 14 | 45 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 75 | 21 |
North Lanarkshire | 375 | 62 | 105 | 17 | 95 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
Orkney Isles | 15 | 56 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20 |
Perth & Kinross | 100 | 61 | 25 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 15 |
Renfrewshire | 225 | 44 | 80 | 16 | 75 | 15 | 20 | 4 | 50 | 10 |
Scottish Borders | 115 | 59 | 40 | 21 | 25 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 |
Shetland | 15 | 44 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 84 |
South Ayrshire | 115 | 60 | 40 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 115 | 60 |
South Lanarkshire | 260 | 59 | 65 | 15 | 65 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 16 |
Stirling | 90 | 55 | 15 | 10 | 20 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 55 | 34 |
West Dunbartonshire | 170 | 62 | 30 | 11 | 55 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 95 | 34 |
West Lothian | 250 | 56 | 80 | 18 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 5 |
Scotland | 6,483 | 57 | 1,949 | 17 | 1,408 | 12 | 225 | 2 | 1,591 | 14 |
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) Aberdeen City were unable to split up the short term placements. This has been estimated based on Scotland figures
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