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

Table 1.7: Number of children ceasing to be looked after, by length of time looked after and age, 2000-2005

Age	Length of time looked after	Children ceasing to be looked after in financial year ending….						% of totals 2005
Age	Length of time looked after	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	% of totals 2005
Under 1
	Under 6 weeks	61	27	42	26	72	56	60
	6 weeks to under 6 months	43	31	25	26	25	28	30
	6 months to under 1 year	14	20	11	17	9	9	10
	Total	117	78	78	70	107	93	*100*
1-4
	Under 6 weeks	176	76	193	86	167	126	25
	6 weeks to under 6 months	97	89	90	56	116	56	11
	6 months to under 1 year	168	158	92	133	120	93	19
	1 year to under 3 years	211	234	211	244	184	195	39
	3 years to under 5 years	37	42	49	54	38	26	5
	Total	689	600	635	573	625	496	*100*
5-11
	Under 6 weeks	235	155	229	144	169	145	16
	6 weeks to under 6 months	135	184	144	92	140	80	9
	6 months to under 1 year	232	271	146	190	189	161	18
	1 year to under 3 years	377	390	276	385	269	317	36
	3 years to under 5 years	109	94	110	143	162	114	13
	5 years and over	53	30	39	61	51	71	8
	Total	1,140	1,124	943	1,015	979	888	*100*
12-15
	Under 6 weeks	233	200	306	151	182	182	20
	6 weeks to under 6 months	248	229	213	155	180	143	16
	6 months to under 1 year	264	349	228	217	215	170	19
	1 year to under 3 years	437	440	388	430	321	285	31
	3 years to under 5 years	127	111	91	109	120	86	9
	5 years and over	65	64	56	40	46	41	5
	Total	1,374	1,393	1,281	1,102	1,065	907	*100*
16+
	Under 6 weeks	46	48	90	33	50	68	6
	6 weeks to under 6 months	88	91	84	92	121	83	7
	6 months to under 1 year	175	280	176	175	179	184	16
	1 year to under 3 years	514	727	535	613	543	510	43
	3 years to under 5 years	186	248	236	198	223	169	14
	5 years and over	113	151	143	163	129	166	14
	Total	1,121	1,545	1,264	1,274	1,245	1,180	*100*
Total ¹
	Under 6 weeks	750	506	861	440	640	578	16
	6 weeks to under 6 months	611	625	556	421	583	390	11
	6 months to under 1 year	852	1,078	652	732	713	617	17
	1 year to under 3 years	1,539	1,791	1,410	1,672	1,317	1,308	37
	3 years to under 5 years	459	496	485	504	543	395	11
	5 years and over	230	245	237	264	225	278	8
	Total	4,441	4,740	4,202	4,034	4,021	3,566	*100*

Note:Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
¹ 2005 total includes length of time looked after of children with unreported ages and therefore do not equal the sum of the parts above.
In 2000 to 2004 some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding estimated figures.

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

Table 1.7: Number of children ceasing to be looked after, by length of time looked after and age, 2000-2005