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Statistics Publication Notice: Health and Care Series: Children's Social Work Statistics 2004-05

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Table 1.2: Number of children looked after 2000-2005 by statutary reason for being looked after

Children looked after on 31 March

Children looked after on 31 March…

% of 2005 total

Statute group

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Accommodated under Section 25

1,343

1,250

1,326

1,288

1,299

1,283

11

Parental Responsibilities Order

322

395

348

362

336

298

2

Supervision Requirement at Home

5,439

4,632

4,682

4,699

4,788

4,814

40

Supervision Requirement away from Home (excluding Residential Establishment)

2,199

2,875

3,193

3,587

3,540

3,833

31

Supervision Requirement away from Home (in a Residential Establishment but excluding Secure)

960

959

1,006

817

805

824

7

Supervision Requirement away from Home with a Secure Condition

87

78

87

56

50

48

0

Warrant

114

149

180

210

286

257

2

Child Protection Measure

119

80

67

75

70

61

1

Criminal Court Provision

10

38

42

33

22

15

0

Freed for Adoption

50

72

80

102

89

83

1

Other

667

368

230

160

155

152

1

unknown

2365174

Total

11,310

10,897

11,241

11,388

11,675

12,185

100

Children starting to be looked after in financial year ending….

Children starting to be looked after in financial year ending….

% of 2005 total

Statute group

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

Accommodated under Section 25

1183

1002

1,054

1,016

1,016

1,111

26

Parental Responsibilities Order

5

8

18

17

31

9

0

Supervision Requirement at Home

2200

2149

1,984

2,022

1,986

1,799

42

Supervision Requirement away from Home (excluding Residential Establishment)

609

632

850

689

716

541

12

Supervision Requirement away from Home (in a Residential Establishment but excluding Secure)

259

367

320

338

355

154

4

Supervision Requirement away from Home with a Secure Condition

30

36

55

28

26

10

0

Warrant

129

165

151

176

218

227

5

Child Protection Measure

81

118

105

129

133

145

3

Criminal Court Provision

6

17

18

35

12

13

0

Freed for Adoption

41

7

6

13

14

9

0

Other

228

194

118

52

58

122

3

unknown

1934

Total

4,771

4,695

4,678

4,513

4,564

4,333

100

Note: In previous years 'unknowns' were allocated to a category rather than being reported as unknown.
2003-04 data for children looked after on 31st March updated with revised figures from Edinburgh.
Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Table records episodes of care which have begun. A child may start to be looked after more than once in a year and so may be counted more than once here.

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