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

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Table 1.13: Number of children looked after, by local authority, accomodation type and characteristics of care away from home, 31st March 2005

Local authority area

Accommodation type of all children looked after on 31st March 2005

Children looked after away from home on 31st March 2005

Children in community setting

Children in residential care

In placement for 1 year+

With 3+ placements

Total

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Number

Percentage

Aberdeen City

460

85

83

15

238

67

140

40

353

Aberdeenshire

274

88

39

12

148

79

47

25

187

Angus

200

91

20

9

101

61

24

14

166

Argyll & Bute

182

79

49

21

73

80

39

43

91

Clackmannanshire

133

94

9

6

51

77

14

21

66

Dumfries & Galloway

349

92

30

8

124

62

42

21

200

Dundee City

407

89

49

11

195

66

152

51

296

East Ayrshire

300

89

38

11

159

84

51

27

190

East Dunbartonshire

73

77

22

23

36

73

12

24

49

East Lothian

124

83

25

17

73

68

13

12

107

East Renfrewshire

66

86

11

14

20

61

*

*

33

Edinburgh, City of

1,091

91

107

9

470

70

106

16

671

Eilean Siar

*

*

*

*

17

89

*

*

19

Falkirk

251

88

35

12

96

51

77

41

187

Fife

527

88

74

12

291

68

145

34

426

Glasgow City

2,123

88

283

12

972

63

538

35

1,539

Highland

334

84

64

16

172

73

29

12

235

Inverclyde

235

85

41

15

60

45

13

10

133

Midlothian

196

82

44

18

117

75

41

26

157

Moray

127

89

15

11

55

79

13

19

70

North Ayrshire

353

87

51

13

158

77

72

35

204

North Lanarkshire

648

93

52

7

102

58

96

55

176

Orkney Isles

*

*

*

*

6

60

*

*

10

Perth & Kinross

153

94

10

6

68

64

39

37

106

Renfrewshire

408

82

91

18

181

52

0

0

350

Scottish Borders

187

89

22

11

99

77

38

30

128

Shetland

24

80

6

20

15

79

6

32

19

South Ayrshire

222

87

32

13

94

75

23

18

125

South Lanarkshire

362

76

114

24

151

68

9

4

221

Stirling

130

86

21

14

79

90

43

49

88

West Dunbartonshire

264

82

59

18

108

67

11

7

162

West Lothian

390

92

36

8

190

79

79

33

242

SCOTLAND

10,646

87

1,539

13

4,719

67

1,918

27

7,006

Note: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.
Statistics refer to the current episode of care
Cells containing * represent small numbers that are suppressed to maintain confidentiality.

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