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

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Table 1.14: Number of 16-17 year olds leaving care with any qualifications, 2004-05

Local authority area

leavers from care at home

leavers from care away from home

Percentage with at least 1 qualification at SCQF level 3 or above

Change in percentage points since 2003-04

Looked after at home

Looked after away from home

Total

Looked after at home

Looked after away from home

Total

Aberdeen City

18

21

39

57

49

24

-6

11

Aberdeenshire

16

20

56

80

69

22

8

14

Angus

8

9

*

67

*

*

17

*

Argyll & Bute

30

8

37

*

*

-13

*

*

Clackmannanshire

5

5

*

*

70

*

*

-1

Dumfries & Galloway

24

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Dundee City

40

14

35

*

*

0

*

*

East Ayrshire

16

14

38

43

40

13

-7

7

East Dunbartonshire

9

8

56

63

59

-14

*

-12

East Lothian

-

15

-

53

-

-

-47

-

East Renfrewshire

12

*

42

*

*

-42

*

*

Edinburgh, City of

53

47

40

51

45

3

2

3

Eilean Siar

6

5

*

*

64

*

*

-36

Falkirk

11

7

*

*

44

*

*

-7

Fife

11

30

55

30

37

39

-48

-19

Glasgow City

121

62

24

52

33

2

-3

0

Highland

22

12

36

67

47

-39

-8

-28

Inverclyde

5

14

0

36

26

0

6

11

Midlothian

9

10

*

50

*

-

-

-

Moray

9

13

*

69

*

*

29

*

North Ayrshire

26

12

65

75

68

33

13

23

North Lanarkshire

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Orkney Isles

*

0

100

0

100

0

-100

0

Perth & Kinross

14

6

14

33

20

3

17

7

Renfrewshire

-

25

-

68

-

-

4

-

Scottish Borders

15

6

53

67

57

3

33

13

Shetland

6

0

*

0

*

*

*

*

South Ayrshire

13

11

46

82

63

-31

23

-4

South Lanarkshire

-

18

-

44

-

-

-14

-

Stirling

*

18

*

78

*

*

33

*

West Dunbartonshire

16

14

50

64

57

-21

6

-7

West Lothian

12

17

67

47

55

-33

-1

-12

SCOTLAND

533

447

37

55

45

2

3

3

Note: Cells containing * represent small numbers that are suppressed to maintain confidentiality.
Cells contain - where authorities were unable to provide data.
Aberdeen City data excludes three children for whom educational attainment was unknown.
East Ayrshire, East Renfrewshire, Highland and Scottish Borders data revised for 2003/04 . Midlothian data for 2003-04 withdrawn.
Some authorities included 18 year old care leavers.
Scotland totals should be used with caution due to incompleteness of data.

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