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CHILDREN'S SOCIAL WORK STATISTICS 2003-04
TABLE 1.13
NUMBER OF CHILDREN LOOKED AFTER: 31 MARCH 2004
CHARACTERISITICS OF LOOKED AFTER CHILDREN BY LOCAL AUTHORITY AREA 1-4
| 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 |
Local authority area | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage |
Aberdeen City 5 | 280 | 54 | 120 | 23 | 70 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 105 | 20 |
Aberdeenshire | 190 | 53 | 55 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 95 | 27 |
Angus | 125 | 57 | 45 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 15 | 7 |
Argyll & Bute | 140 | 60 | 30 | 14 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 20 | 9 |
Clackmannanshire | 75 | 62 | 15 | 12 | 20 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 65 | 52 |
Dumfries & Galloway | 180 | 52 | 65 | 19 | 35 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 7 |
Dundee City | 225 | 56 | 85 | 21 | 45 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 35 | 9 |
East Ayrshire | 180 | 55 | 45 | 14 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 8 |
East Dunbartonshire | 55 | 60 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 22 |
East Lothian | 95 | 58 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 17 |
East Renfrewshire | 60 | 66 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 55 | 61 |
Edinburgh, City of | 640 | 57 | 265 | 23 | 95 | 9 | 65 | 6 | 130 | 11 |
Eilean Siar | 30 | 54 | 5 | 12 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 |
Falkirk | 145 | 60 | 40 | 17 | 35 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 11 |
Fife | 275 | 55 | 105 | 21 | 45 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 5 |
Glasgow City | 1,335 | 55 | 395 | 16 | 305 | 13 | 65 | 3 | 410 | 17 |
Highland | 215 | 57 | 70 | 18 | 35 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 110 | 29 |
Inverclyde | 130 | 62 | 25 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 22 |
Midlothian | 140 | 58 | 45 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 |
Moray | 95 | 58 | 30 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 17 |
North Ayrshire | 225 | 53 | 65 | 15 | 45 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 100 | 24 |
North Lanarkshire | 365 | 61 | 110 | 19 | 85 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 120 | 20 |
Orkney Isles | 20 | 67 | 5 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
Perth & Kinross | 100 | 60 | 25 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 |
Renfrewshire | 245 | 53 | 80 | 17 | 60 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 20 |
Scottish Borders | 110 | 58 | 45 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 9 |
Shetland | 20 | 58 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 82 |
South Ayrshire | 130 | 57 | 45 | 19 | 25 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 45 |
South Lanarkshire | 235 | 55 | 65 | 15 | 75 | 17 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A |
Stirling | 85 | 53 | 20 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 30 |
West Dunbartonshire | 180 | 60 | 40 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 34 |
West Lothian | 250 | 54 | 95 | 21 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 4 |
Scotland | 6,571 | 56 | 2,094 | 18 | 1,339 | 11 | 239 | 2 | 2,020 | 17 |
Note: (1) Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Note : (2) Some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
Note : (3) Figures given to the nearest 5 to preserve confidentiality
Note : (4) Aberdeen City were unable to split up the short term placements. This has been estimated based on Scotland figures
Note : (5) Cells containing the symbol N/A represent councils who were unable to provide figures
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