Looked After Children 2005-06

Table 3.1: Characteristics of looked after children by local authority, 31st March 2006

	Gender of looked after children: boys		Age of looked after children				Children known to be from minority ethnic groups		Children known to have a disability
	Gender of looked after children: boys		Children under 5		Children 16 or over		Children known to be from minority ethnic groups		Children known to have a disability
Local authority area	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Aberdeen City	328	56	134	23	53	9	21	4	28	5
Aberdeenshire	198	52	59	16	57	15	0	0	21	6
Angus	138	55	64	25	23	9	7	3	7	3
Argyll & Bute	145	58	46	18	35	14	5	2	31	12
Clackmannanshire	92	58	40	25	14	9	*	*	59	37
Dumfries & Galloway	215	58	77	21	38	10	*	*	16	4
Dundee City	264	56	110	23	42	9	8	2	34	7
East Ayrshire	214	52	50	12	69	17	0	0	18	4
East Dunbartonshire	62	55	17	15	26	23	*	*	17	15
East Lothian	123	62	32	16	20	10	*	*	5	3
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of	649	54	256	21	113	9	18	2	82	7
Eilean Siar	15	52	*	*	7	24	0	0	*	*
Falkirk	184	59	59	19	40	13	*	*	24	8
Fife	334	53	132	21	54	9	16	3	0	0
Glasgow City	1,430	56	404	16	361	14	104	4	424	17
Highland	251	55	100	22	62	14	10	2	161	35
Inverclyde	145	58	51	20	12	5	5	2	43	17
Midlothian	158	59	36	14	63	24	0	0	0	0
Moray	112	59	29	15	36	19	0	0	*	*
North Ayrshire	258	52	101	20	51	10	8	2	98	20
North Lanarkshire	404	59	112	16	135	20	*	*	8	1
Orkney Isles	17	53	*	*	*	*	*	*	17	53
Perth & Kinross	90	60	24	16	9	6	*	*	12	8
Renfrewshire	263	53	85	17	34	7	5	1	28	6
Scottish Borders
Shetland	12	46	*	*	*	*	0	0	20	77
South Ayrshire	143	57	47	19	27	11	0	0	106	42
South Lanarkshire	277	58	63	13	77	16	0	0
Stirling	80	53	16	11	23	15	*	*	8	5
West Dunbartonshire	209	60	49	14	33	9	*	*	8	2
West Lothian	267	56	86	18	29	6	11	2	33	7
Scotland	7,220	56	2,361	18	1,599	12	239	2	1,375	11

Note: Table excludes children who are on a planned series of short term placements.

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.

South Lanarkshire was unable to provide disability data this year or in previous years.

East Renfrewshire and Scottish Borders did not provide information in time for inclusion. 2004-05 figures for these authorities have been incorporated into the Scotland total and do not include young people aged 18-21.

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Table 3.1: Characteristics of looked after children by local authority, 31st March 2006