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Table 1.9: Number of children looked after in a planned series of short-term placements, by gender and age 2000-2005
Age/gender | Children looked after on 31 March… | % of total 2005 |
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2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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Male |
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under 5 | 192 | 188 | 228 | 172 | 89 | 77 | 4 |
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5-11 | 513 | 679 | 517 | 766 | 602 | 520 | 26 |
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12-15 | 269 | 442 | 539 | 530 | 497 | 455 | 23 |
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16-17 | 69 | 146 | 169 | 183 | 202 | 185 | 9 |
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unknown | | | | | | 5 | 0 |
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Total | 1,043 | 1,455 | 1,454 | 1,651 | 1,390 | 1,242 | 62 |
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Female |
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under 5 | 137 | 142 | 274 | 141 | 76 | 65 | 3 |
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5-11 | 319 | 414 | 286 | 433 | 312 | 279 | 14 |
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12-15 | 181 | 304 | 492 | 385 | 285 | 260 | 13 |
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16-17 | 46 | 130 | 129 | 161 | 137 | 123 | 6 |
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unknown | | | | | | 6 | 0 |
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Total | 683 | 990 | 1,181 | 1,120 | 810 | 733 | 37 |
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All people |
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under 5 | 329 | 330 | 502 | 313 | 165 | 142 | 7 |
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5-11 | 832 | 1,093 | 804 | 1,199 | 914 | 800 | 40 |
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12-15 | 450 | 746 | 1,031 | 915 | 782 | 715 | 36 |
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16-17 | 115 | 276 | 297 | 344 | 339 | 308 | 15 |
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unknown | | | | | | 38 | 2 |
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Total | 1,726 | 2,445 | 2,635 | 2,771 | 2,201 | 2,003 | 100 |
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Note: The short term placements shown here are used by local authorities to provide respite to children and families where this can help to avoid the need for a child to become looked after full time.
The use of short term placements is not restricted to disability respite.
In years 2000 - 2004 children with unreported gender or age were allocated to a group rather than being presented as 'unknown'.
In 2000 to 2004 some totals do not exactly equal the sum of their component parts due to the effects of rounding.
In 2005 there were 27 children with unknown gender or age. Consequently the 'all people' total does not equal the sum of the total boys and girls.
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