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CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2003-04
TABLE 1.3
NUMBER OF CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER: 2000-2004
BY TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION 1-3
Type of accommodation | Children looked after on 31 March… | Percentage 2004 | % change 2003-2004 | % change 2000-2004 |
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 |
In the community: |
At home with parents | 5,270 | 4,842 | 4,909 | 4,851 | 4,982 | 43 | 3 | -5 |
With friends / relatives | 1,098 | 980 | 1,303 | 1,445 | 1,426 | 12 | -1 | 30 |
With foster carers | 3,058 | 3,084 | 3,170 | 3,288 | 3,461 | 30 | 5 | 13 |
With prospective adopters | 123 | 196 | 158 | 180 | 147 | 1 | -18 | 19 |
In other community | 176 | 215 | 106 | 73 | 92 | 1 | 26 | -48 |
Total | 9,724 | 9,315 | 9,646 | 9,838 | 10,108 | 87 | 3 | 4 |
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In residential accommodation: |
In local authority home | 669 | 704 | 717 | 697 | 721 | 6 | 3 | 8 |
In voluntary sector home | 54 | 63 | 56 | 83 | 66 | 1 | -21 | 22 |
In residential school | 629 | 684 | 672 | 640 | 657 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
In secure accommodation | 90 | 87 | 93 | 92 | 80 | 1 | -13 | -11 |
Other residential accommodation | 143 | 44 | 55 | 38 | 44 | 0 | 15 | -69 |
Total | 1,585 | 1,582 | 1,595 | 1,550 | 1,567 | 13 | 1 | -1 |
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Total | 11,310 | 10,897 | 11,241 | 11,388 | 11,675 | 100 | 3 | 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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