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

Table 1.12: Characteristics of looked after children by local authority, 31st March 2005

Local authority area	Gender of looked after children: boys		Age of looked after children				Children from minority ethnic groups		Children with a disability
	Gender of looked after children: boys		Children under 5		Children 16 or over		Children from minority ethnic groups		Children with a disability
	Number	*Percentage*	Number	*Percentage*	Number	*Percentage*	Number	*Percentage*	Number	*Percentage*
Aberdeen City	300	55	133	24	49	9	19	3	11	2
Aberdeenshire	161	51	49	16	34	11	0	0	83	27
Angus	120	55	55	25	25	11	*	*	12	5
Argyll & Bute	142	61	37	16	16	7	*	*	38	16
Clackmannanshire	90	63	22	15	22	15	5	4	54	38
Dumfries & Galloway	205	54	76	20	42	11	*	*	13	3
Dundee City	254	56	101	22	44	10	8	2	35	8
East Ayrshire	190	56	47	14	40	12	0	0	12	4
East Dunbartonshire	54	57	11	12	16	17	*	*	17	18
East Lothian	96	64	22	15	16	11	*	*	*	*
East Renfrewshire	51	66	10	13	19	25	*	*	47	61
Edinburgh, City of	643	54	265	22	100	8	22	2	89	7
Eilean Siar	20	54	*	*	*	*	0	0	7	19
Falkirk	120	42	54	19	47	16	*	*	30	10
Fife	338	56	119	20	63	10	6	1	22	4
Glasgow City	1,327	55	390	16	295	12	70	3	439	18
Highland	214	54	76	19	71	18	9	2	149	37
Inverclyde	165	60	37	13	49	18	5	2	24	9
Midlothian	126	53	40	17	19	8	0	0	14	6
Moray	57	40	16	11	22	15	*	*	*	*
North Ayrshire	216	53	71	18	36	9	5	1	107	26
North Lanarkshire	440	63	121	17	97	14	6	1	11	2
Orkney Isles	16	70	*	*	*	*	*	*	6	26
Perth & Kinross	100	61	18	11	16	10	*	*	16	10
Renfrewshire	267	54	95	19	51	10	*	*	35	7
Scottish Borders	92	44	63	30	32	15	0	0	14	7
Shetland	15	50	*	*	*	*	0	0	24	80
South Ayrshire	149	59	45	18	28	11	0	0	109	43
South Lanarkshire	268	56	72	15	84	18	0	0	-	-
Stirling	80	53	12	8	23	15	*	*	41	27
West Dunbartonshire	195	60	46	14	42	13	*	*	112	35
West Lothian	225	53	85	20	33	8	13	3	23	5
Scotland	6,736	55	2,199	18	1,441	12	198	2	1,600	13

Note: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Cells contain - where councils were unable to provide information
Cells containing * represent small numbers that are suppressed to maintain confidentiality.
Minority Ethnic Group' includes the ethnic groups Black-Caribbean, Black-African, Black-other, Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, Mixed ethnicity, other ethnic group.

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Table 1.12: Characteristics of looked after children by local authority, 31st March 2005