The Scottish Government

Local authority area

Number of children looked after

Churn in episodes of care

on 31 March 2004

per 1,000 people 0-17 ⁶

% change since 2003

% change since 1999

Starting to be looked after in 2003-04

Starts as % of total

Ceasing to be looked after in 2003-04

Aberdeen City ⁵

525

14

33

-6

195

37

85

Aberdeenshire

355

7

1

-1

160

45

155

Angus

215

9

19

42

80

37

40

Argyll & Bute

235

12

6

24

85

36

70

Clackmannanshire

125

11

9

33

65

51

55

Dumfries & Galloway

350

11

-2

14

125

36

130

Dundee City

400

14

10

7

210

53

160

East Ayrshire

330

12

-4

68

125

38

105

East Dunbartonshire

90

4

0

-21

40

46

45

East Lothian

165

8

-8

-5

85

43

55

East Renfrewshire

95

4

41

-10

45

47

30

Edinburgh, City of

1,125

14

1

25

350

31

330

Eilean Siar

50

9

-5

11

20

37

10

Falkirk

245

8

-7

14

75

32

65

Fife

490

6

-2

8

205

42

215

Glasgow City

2,420

20

-1

5

680

28

585

Highland

375

8

2

-40

125

33

115

Inverclyde

215

12

-4

5

125

59

135

Midlothian

240

13

4

63

80

34

65

Moray

165

9

9

-21

110

66

125

North Ayrshire

425

14

18

6

140

33

75

North Lanarkshire

595

8

-1

-25

210

36

310

Orkney Isles

25

6

8

80

15

63

10

Perth & Kinross

165

6

1

-3

65

39

70

Renfrewshire

465

12

-10

6

240

52

140

Scottish Borders

185

8

-5

5

90

47

90

Shetland

35

6

3

-3

10

24

10

South Ayrshire

225

10

18

146

130

58

95

South Lanarkshire

430

6

-3

-19

140

32

145

Stirling

165

9

2

2

65

38

60

West Dunbartonshire

300

14

9

10

125

42

95

West Lothian

460

12

5

18

355

77

345

Scotland

11,675

11

3

4

4,564

39

4,022